Wildlife Watch - Grasshoppers and bush-crickets (Family event)
Hop into the world of grasshoppers and crickets! Discover their habits, homes, and what makes them amazing.
Hop into the world of grasshoppers and crickets! Discover their habits, homes, and what makes them amazing.
Come along to this evening children's Wildlife Watch event for a walk around the nature reserve to discover the bats of NWT Hickling Broad.
The dark bush-cricket, as its name suggests, is dark brown or reddish. It can be found in woodlands, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Its irregular chirpings are a familiar sound of summer…
This scarce bush-cricket can be found on the boggy parts of heathlands.
A scrambling plant, Bush vetch has lilac-blue flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen along woodland edges and roadside verges, and on scrubland and grassland.
The oak bush-cricket is arboreal and can be found in mature trees in woods, hedges, parks and gardens in summer. Males don't have a 'song' as such, but drum on leaves with their…
The speckled bush-cricket, as its name suggests, is covered in tiny, black speckles. It can be found in scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Males rub their wings together to create a…
The song of the Roesel's bush-cricket is very characteristic: long, monotonous and mechanical. It can be heard in rough grassland, scrub and damp meadows in the south of the UK, but it is…
Immerse yourself in a gentle sound experience at NWT Sweetbriar Marshes with crystal singing bowls, birdsong and reflective moments.
At nearly 7 cm long (including the female's long ovipositor), the great green bush-cricket certainly lives up to its name! It can be found in grassland, scrub and woodland rides in Southern…