Thousands of rare grasshoppers released in Norfolk after 86 years; conservation project achieves first wild hatching since 1939

• PC: Natural EnglandThe large marsh grasshopper has returned to Norfolk after 86 years, following a conservation project to restore the rare insect’s population in the region’s wetlands.
• The species has now hatched in the wild in the Broads for the first time since 1939.
• The return follows the Hop of Hope project, led by Citizen Zoo, in which volunteers raised thousands of grasshoppers before releasing them at restored wetland sites.