Grasshoppers

While walking through part of the reserve on Saturday evening after it had just got dark, Disgruntled was struck by the sheer number of grasshoppers/crickets that could be heard chirping away. Every couple of metres walked, another grasshopper could be distinguished, and this happened all along the path from Brook Way to the Diana Gardens footpath. They seem to love the grassy areas, and given the amount I heard there must be hundreds of them, but you rarely see them during the day. The reserve is definitely not a silent place if you walk through it at night at the moment.