The high Devon hedgerows have been freshly cut and are noticeably quieter after a summer full of chirruping…

Grasshopper – image can be enlarged by clicking on it.  See its translucent beauty and soft-green colour – and those amazing feelers.

This is a ‘one-legged’ grasshopper that I ‘rescued’ off the road – while out walking earlier this evening – 29th. September 2015. With gentle persuasion he climbed onto a broad Hazel leaf – to be transported to relative safety under the root system of a Rhododendron where there were plenty of dark chambers to scuttle into before nightfall. Although, I’m not sure that removing a grasshopper that can’t hop anymore from the road – was the kindest thing?