The fields under the White Horse between Bratton and Westbury were once a crop circle hotspot. It was here that Doug and Dave made circles were spotted in 1980 and, ten years later, researchers Colin Andrews and Pat Delgado were duped during the infamous Operation Blackbird hoax. On 4 August the circles returned to the area through a pretty, petaled, cross-hatched ‘flower’ formation.

Photograph by the Crop Circle Connector.

Photograph by the Crop Circle Connector.

Photograph by the Crop Circle Connector.

Photograph by the Crop Circle Connector.

From what The Croppie can ascertain from the photographs on this page (all courtesy of the Crop Circle Connector), the 2016 formation could well be in the same long field as the first 1980 circle.