Wheat field stubble noise!

[pammosley]

Hi folks, not sure where to post this one
We were walking today through a wheat field that had been harvested (proper path!) & my companions could here what they said was like the Snap, Crackle & Pop of rice crispies when you pour milk on them Has anyone any idea what it may be? We thought it may be some beetles in the stalks, not that great number of insects around that we could see, or perhaps the leftovers drying out & splitting in the sun.
Any ideas

[JoulesH]

It's just the stubble itself as you walk through it, or if it is drying out rapidly. I love the sound of walking across stubbble.

[pammosley]

Hi, we were stood still & could still hear it. I guess it was drying out really fast as it was very hot this afternoon. The kids thought it all very wierd
It was great to walk through

[Deb London]

We have some cane growing in the garden. In early summer it was making a very similar noise. It was the cane itself making the noise.

In this case I think the "sap was rising" and causing the thick woody outer layers that had survived the winter to crack. The cane is perennial, and shoots form each year.

[Miss Caretaker]

I had exactly the same experience today in both harvested and unharvested fields and I put it down to the stalks and ears drying in the sun after all the rain over the past couple of days. Don't know if that's correct, but it was all I could thinks of!
Jo

[pammosley]

Thanks for your thoughts folks, glad to hear we weren`t all going mad

[thebeard]

i had a similar experience earlier in the year when out photographing plants in a setaside field. It was the sound of common vetch seed pods popping. it was interesting watching how they suddenly just burst out of all the tension and throw the seeds in all directions.

[RKB]

Originally Posted by Miss Caretaker

I had exactly the same experience today in both harvested and unharvested fields and I put it down to the stalks and ears drying in the sun after all the rain over the past couple of days. Don't know if that's correct, but it was all I could thinks of!
Jo

Spot on.

[2dogs2000]

I had never experienced this until today and after reading this post I knew exactly what it was. At first I thought something was rustling in the undergrowth but then I heard the snap, crackle and pop.

Thank you for enlightening me beforehand.

[Miss Caretaker]

Originally Posted by RKB

Spot on.

Cor! It's nice to be right for a change

Jo