any pilots over Derbyshire...

"CanalBuilder" <edkiernanremove@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
> be good to see it from above.

several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field is
flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they are
untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does not
centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
available it's just speculation....

"net" <mickeymouse@hollywood.com> wrote in message
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>
> "CanalBuilder" <edkiernanremove@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:lRPgi.29932$aS5.28716@fe1.news.blueyonder.co. uk...
>> From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
>> be good to see it from above.
>
> several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field
> is flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they
> are untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does
> not centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
> composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
> available it's just speculation....

Non-uniform wind damage is quite common.

Wind isn't a uniform movement of the air over the land. There are all sorts
of eddies and currents especially on a day where there is thermal activity.
Sometimes these eddies are created by surface features so the eddy will
confine itself to a particular place (or downwind of the feature). If you
don't believe me go to a largish expanse of water and look at the patterns
the wind makes on the surface.

Stephen