Early August

1000-1500ft

Surface

Nearly all the winter barley has now been harvested. The field in the aerial shot is one of the few remaining uncut crops. Most barley straw is baled up and carted away pretty quickly leaving good surfaces for landings.
Always land parallel with any visible wheelmarks rather than across them.

Mid July

1000-1500ft

Surface

Too tall for safe landings at around 90cm. Rapidly approaching harvest in the east midlands and some barley has already been cut further south The barley field is the irregular shaped field in the centre of the frame to the left of the village

Late June

1000-1500ft

Surface

Too tall for safe landings at around 90cm.  The crop will soon start to senesce and will gradually become yellow in colour

Mid June

1000-1500ft

Surface

Too tall for safe landings at around 90cm.  Not much change expected over the next couple of weeks until the crop starts to senesce and will gradually become yellow in colour. Beware the colour of some varieties of barley as they are the same as other crops especially when looking into sun.
Poor quality image on left shows the similarity between crops. The field on the left with a small wood embedded in it is Oilseed Rape and the one beyond it is Barley. The difference is academic as both are unsuitable for landing.

Early June

1000-1500ft

Surface

Now too tall for safe landings at around 80cm. Not much change expected over the next few weeks until the crop starts to senesce and will gradually become yellow in colour in July. Beware the colour of some varieties of barley as they are exactly the same as fresh cut grass fields especially when looking into sun. Note how dark the tramlines appear - always a giveaway of a crop that is too tall for landing.

Late May

1000-1500ft

Surface

Now too tall for safe landings at around 80cm.  Crop has finished its growth stage now and will remain at this height or may even reduce in height as the ears fill and bend downwards.  Beware the colour of some varieties of barley as they are exactly the same as fresh cut grass fields especially when looking into sun. Note how dark the tramlines appear - always a giveaway of a crop that is too tall for landing.

Mid May

1000-1500ft

Surface

Sorry no aerial photo

Now too tall for safe landings at around 45cm.  Crop will continue to grow rapidly over next few weeks and will come into ear in around 2 weeks. Note how dark the tramlines appear - always a giveaway of a crop that is too tall for landing.

Late April

1000-1500ft

Surface

Sorry no aerial photo

Now too tall for safe landings at around 35cm.  Crop will continue to grow rapidly over next few weeks and will come into ear in around 3 weeks.

Mid April

1000-1500ft

Surface

Still just short enough to land in  at around 25cm high but beware over next 7 days more forward crops will rapidly become taller as crop enters the stem extension phase of growth. 

Early April

1000-1500ft

Surface

Still short enough to land in at around 15cm high.

Late March

1000-1500ft

Surface

Sorry no aerial photo

Still short enough to land in at around 10cm high.

 Mid March

1000-1500ft

Surface

Sorry no aerial photo

Still short enough to land in at around 10cm high.