Today's crop circle viewers are a funny lot. They complain when there are no crop circles and often complain when there are, without any understanding of why things aren't like they used to be in the fields. Take the circle that recently appeared, partly in poppies, on the side of Etchilhampton Hill. To quote one observer in Facebook's most subnormal group, ‘is there a competition this year to make the most ugly formation possible?’
When was the last time we saw a crop circle made in a poppy field? It has been a while.
We launched Circle Makers Speak after our Instagram account Crop Circle Explorer ran a brief question and answer session with a human circle maker. In mid-2025 we decided to repeat the exercise and received more than 70 questions from curious readers.Â
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‘Mike Farrow’ recently posted an article on his website relating to expectations for the 2026 season. He raises something we heard a lot at the end of last season: the idea that circle making teams are reporting each other to the police.
Operation Blackbird is deservedly renowned as one of the most genuinely iconic events in crop circle history. It enthralled the British public, massively dented the reputation of cerealogist Colin Andrews and, to this day, nobody believable has come forward to claim responsibility for one of the biggest yarns in the cerealogical record books.
1991 marked the end of the golden era for cerealogy. Hearts would be broken, reputations already damaged the previous year would be near enough destroyed, and the public’s relationship with the phenomenon completely altered.
'A local dog walker told me of a small circle he’d seen but was very vague as to where. After 4 trips on the bike eventually found it but this is all that was left,' says one Kevin Constant on this small circle he found in Bedfordshire.
Nobody will look back on the 2024 season with enthusiasm. Retrospectively, it was an extremely odd episode — though interesting, at least for us here at The Croppie — that highlighted the circles’ downward spiral of recent years. It reflected our own view from 2023 that we should abandon our expectations of the circles.
We recently read a very considered piece on the wonderful Circular State of Mind website. Titled ‘Crop Circles 2023: End of the Season’, it’s a brief contemplation on the current state of play in the fields and we’d like to add our own thoughts on the matters it raises.
Another five-fold formation, following on from the recent circle at Alton Priors. This one is in a different league in terms of the beauty of its construction, though it hasn’t gone unnoticed that it bears striking similarities to a small circle that appeared at Silbury Hill in June 2012.
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Today's crop circle viewers are a funny lot. They complain when there are no crop circles and often complain when there are, without any understanding of why things aren't like they used to be in the fields. Take the circle that recently appeared, partly in poppies, on the side of Etchilhampton Hill. To quote one observer in Facebook's most subnormal group, ‘is there a competition this year to make the most ugly formation possible?’
A melodramatic farmer, an argument as to why someone needs to get out more, and a rather angry camel. It must be Croppie Gossip time.
Some crop circle related cuteness has entwined its way into the latest episode of the wonderful Simon’s Cat series on YouTube. It’s only short, but check it out below:
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