Willoughby Hedge, Nr Mere, Wiltshire. Reported 8th May. Oilseed Rape (Canola) 120ft approx. 

Making Great Strides. 

A seemingly failed flower of life turns out to be more than initially thought. 

We took to the skies approximately one week after this circle was reported. It was a wonderfully sunny, but very windy day. You might see some of the yellow petals from the Oilseed Rape plants in the photos (see website) as they blew around in the strong breeze and the wash from the helicopter blades. 

When the first images of the formation that launched the 2018 crop circle season in the UK hit the internet, the response in general was less than positive. It did seem at first glance to be a failed attempt at a Flower of Life design. On closer inspection it was clearer that this small formation, depicted an insect called a “Water Strider”. 

A Water Strider leaves circular ripples with its movement on water. This is indeed represented by this crop formation. The circular ring in the crop contains the main design, and seems to represent the ripple. 

Also this design is a combination of the Seed-of-Life (a geometric six-petalled flower) and an insect.

The symbolism of the design is interesting on so many levels – the more one looks, the more one sees! Firstly is the use of the Seed-of-Life design, which is the seed from which the greater Flower-of-Life blooms – is this first formation the one from which the entire 2018 season will bloom?

The area surrounding Mere is littered with ancient land-markers. Tumuli, a long barrow and hill forts (large ditched earthworks) can be seen dotted all over this landscape. There was one tumulus in the same field as this crop circle (see gallery on our website)

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