Crop circles are so last millennium. The modern, up-to-date craze is sheep circles!
There were strange goings on at the farm today when a flock of sheep made their own version of a crop circle.
About 100 of the woolly creatures formed an orderly ring – baffling the farmer and passers-by.
But after hearing the roar of the boss's tractor the animals scattered like a group of naughty schoolboys.
Photographer Russell Bird, who captured the amazing scene, said:"I was quite taken aback. I couldn't believe what I was seeing," he said.
"I did see a dog worrying sheep nearby beforehand and the dog ran off round the hedge in a different field, so I don't know if they were discussing that."
Sadly, the strange and unusual photo that Bird captured has a perfectly rational explanation. The sheep were eating.
Farm manager at Herefordshire College of Technology, Dan Seaborne, said: "I just think they've been fed with dry feed in that shape – you can get snacker feeders now and you tow behind a quad and it drops pellets on the ground.
"I would imagine that's what's happened."
He added: "I think there was a chap in Yorkshire who spelled out 'will you marry me' to his girlfriend in sheep by putting feed down."
Say it with sheep? We see possibilities for advertising revenue here! We may have to form Blue Crab Sheepwriting Services. Except we detest sheep, so it may not be a good career path.
The really bad part is when the sheep get the daylights scared out of them–those daylights stink!