Grasshoppers & Crickets

Invertebrates are crucial for pollination, soil health, and food webs, relying on diverse habitats. Grasslands, wood pasture, ponds, and ditches provide essential resources and movement corridors. Effective management – such as sensitive grazing, wetland restoration, and preventing over-shading – maintains resilience and biodiversity. Without these measures, fragmentation leads to decline. Integrated management across the Windsor Estate sustains ecosystems and vital natural services.

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Bog Bush Cricket

The Bog Bush-cricket is a short-winged bush-cricket found in our wetlands, bogs, and heathland areas. Brown and green with long antennae, it feeds on buds and flowers. Adults appear July to autumn, laying eggs on Purple Moor Grass. Habitat loss threatens this declining species.

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Common Green Grasshopper

The Common green grasshopper can be found in damp meadows and woodland rides throughout summer. Males can be seen rubbing their legs against their wings to create a ‘song’ for the females.

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Mottled Grasshopper

The Mottled grasshopper can be found in dry grasslands, such as railway cuttings, and heathlands throughout summer. Males can be seen rubbing their legs against their wings to create a ‘song’ for the females.

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Oak Bush Cricket

The oak bush-cricket is usually found in warm ancient woodland, parklands and hedgerows from June to November. It can often be hard to spot as it is well-camouflaged and spends most of its time hidden in the canopy of mature trees.

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Roesel’s Bush-Cricket

The Roesel’s Bush-cricket is a medium-sized, short-winged cricket, usually brown with green tinges and cream-bordered thorax. Common in damp meadows and rough grassland, it feeds on vegetation and sings a distinctive mechanical buzz. Adults appear June to autumn, with rare long-winged forms aiding range expansion.

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