On 3^rd September, we had a day focussed on the Orthoptera at Dungeness. During the afternoon, a slow wander brought us Cepero’s Groundhopper Tetrix ceperoi and Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata, as well as good numbers of Mottled Grasshoppers Myrmeleotettix maculatus. In the evening, we reconvened and, thanks to Owen and Jacques of Dungeness NNR, and Dave and Gill from the bird observatory, we were able to enjoy the extraordinary experience of seeing and hearing the three recently arrived species which now make Dungeness their home: Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket Phaneroptera falcata, Large Conehead Ruspolia nitidula and Tree Cricket Oecanthus pelluscens. An impressive 13 species of Bush-crickets, Crickets, Groundhoppers and Grasshoppers was recorded in total.