Jiminy Cricket

Down at the bottom of the garden there’s a chirping coming from the hedge, but it’s not a bird, it’s a Dark bush-cricket. He suns himself on a plant pot, before boinging back off to the hedge.

 

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  1. Great pic Dawn. I managed to photo one of these lively little critters when we last went to Wicken Fen – difficult to get a clear shot though as he didn’t want to keep still!

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