2026 Circles: White Sheet Down, Mere, Wiltshire
We like this cute crop circle underneath White Sheet Hill. Sat within a spacious barley field, it’s possible to get a decent feel for this circle from the byway that climbs above it.
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Dear Croppie: Why Do Crop Circles Leave Their Imprint Behind Immediately After They Are Harvested?
Dear Croppie: Why Do Crop Circles Leave Their Imprint Behind Immediately After They Are Harvested?...
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What Did I Just Read?
Over the weekend we were told by a third party of a new crop circle that had appeared at an undisclosed location. We deflected the question as to why anyone would withhold such details, but learnt the formation’s arrival was announced through one very specific Facebook group.
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2026 Circles: Jacks Castle Plantation, Kingsettle Hill, Somerset
High up on a wooded hilltop close to the Somerset-Wiltshire border, this circle is set in some of the most underappreciated scenery in the South West of England. There’s just so much to love and appreciate here.
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Circle Makers Speak #12: Q&A Session (Part One)
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.
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2026 Circles: Waden Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire
This small oilseed rape formation appeared on top of Waden Hill, Avebury. It overlooks West Kennett Avenue and the large field near Falkner’s Circle which briefly hosted a circle in barley during 2025.
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No, Circle Makers Are Not Grassing On Each Other
‘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.
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What A Crock of $*&#%!
It seems our recent article on Andrew Pyrka, ‘Mike Farrow’ and the Canvas Of Gold website has touched a very raw nerve. We knew it would and we weren’t disappointed.
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He Hath Risen On His Golden Canvas
On Easter Sunday morning, The Croppie’s email inbox chimed with a surprising message: the ‘Crop Circle Messiah’ had likely risen from the grave after the best part of seven years away from the croppie scene.
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Billy Breen Caught Flying Illegally
2025 set a precedent for tedium. The rare genuine crop circles were vastly outweighed by generally clumsy hoaxes and ‘collabs’ from the convicted criminals of Dene Hine and Deiniol Davies. We knew that as soon as they rushed out to the fields, their weird looking little puppy with a Kangol hat and a pea on its ear, Mark ‘Billy’ Breen, would psychically receive instructions to get the first footage for his TikTok account and Hine’s Facebook group.
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