Windmill Hill, Avebury. Wiltshire

Reported October 14 2012 (71)

The Windmill Hill farmer (R Butler) is seriously upset about this circle as it has caused “major damage to a large part of a ‘special wildlife conservation area’ project”, he said. As Butler is my near neighbour I sought his permission to enter the circle to investigate its physical attributes - but was denied permission as he is not allowing anyone to enter the field as more damage will be caused to the conservation project, therefore no ground report or close photography is viable here.

Charles R Mallett

A  note from the farmer..

I am writing with reference to the crop formation which appeared yesterday morning on our land at Avebury Trusloe and has subsequently appeared on your website. As the owners of the field we are asking if you could put a message on your website asking people NOT to enter the field and crop formation. This area has been planted as a conservation area and planted with a wild bird mixture. The area is designed to provide winter feed to wildlife and birds and also to provide a safe habitat for ground nesting birds. A lot of time and money has been spent siting this particular plot and establishing it for the benefit of wild birds, insects and farmland animals. Visitors to the formation are now disturbing the birds who will not come back to the plot, they are trampling down the nesting areas and feed sources and all this work is now being undone. People entering the field have not been given permission and signs have been erected stating there is 'no entry' but they are being ignored. Indeed some people have become rather aggressive and abusive when asked to leave the field.  We ask that everyone is welcome to enjoy the aerial pictures of the formation on the internet, but please do not enter the field.

Many thanks

Robin and Ben Butler Land owners

Photography © 2012

The parallel lines that show within the laid crop are a clear indication of a systematic mechanical construction process that is fully consistent with known and well understood effects left on human made circles - rather than a single seamless process that one would expect from a rapid single entity delivery system.

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