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Most set aside fields will be reasonably smooth following
the last cereal crop
Early August
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| Many set aside fields have now been cultivated.
The aerial shot has 3 freshly cultivated fields in the centre and 2 uncultivated fields in the lower left. The ground based shot shows a smooth field but it is very soft and would definitely result in a 'carry out'. The resulting surface may vary from smooth and firm to large rock hard lumps up to 30cm across. Beware brown fields as you will be unable to tell from circuit height just how smooth the surface is. A better choice would be a cut cereal field if available. |
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| Many set aside fields have now been cultivated.
The resulting surface may vary from smooth and firm to large rock hard lumps up to 30cm across. Beware brown fields as you will be unable to tell from circuit height just how smooth the surface is. A better choice would be a cut cereal field if available. |
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| Little change expected until the fields are cultivated prior to next
crop - this will start at the beginning of July.
Short enough to land in at around 25cm high Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. Most Setaside land has now be sprayed off with a total weedkiller (Roundup) and much of it has lost the reddish colour characteristic of Roundup as per the ground image. |
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| Little change expected until the fields are cultivated prior to next
crop in 3-4 weeks time.
Short enough to land in at around 25cm high Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. Most Setaside land has now be sprayed off with a total weedkiller (Roundup) and much of it has lost the reddish colour characteristic of Roundup as per the ground image. The airborne image here shows two separate types of set aside land. The left hand two fields are simply left after late harvested sugar beet and will be very rough surfaces but the give away is the vegetation is green and tall whereas the smaller field on the right of the image is sprayed wish roundup and is much shorter growth and will be more likely to be smooth( if you land along the wheel marks rather than across them) |
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| Little change expected until the fields are cultivated prior to next
crop in 3-4 weeks time.
Short enough to land in at around 25cm high Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. Setaside land can now be sprayed off with a total weedkiller (Roundup) and over the next 2 weeks much of this land will aquire the reddish colour characteristic of set aside land as here. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 25cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. Setaside land can now be sprayed off with a total weedkiller (Roundup) and over the next 2 weeks much of this land will aquire the reddish colour characteristic of set aside land as here. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 25cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 15cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 15cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 15cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation. |
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| Short enough to land in at around 15cm high
Note the odd tall dead weed and characteristic uneven vegetation interspersed with stubble. |
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| Caution
Please bear in mind that all the images for this site will be taken in the East Midlands so allowances will have to be made if your area is a significant distance to the North or South. (Typically crops run 7-10 days earlier on the South Coast of England and approx. 7-14 days later in the Scottish Borders). |