What's this?

[Tyre Smoke]

I know it's a grass hopper thing, but it's huge. So I was wondering is it something special?



And next to a tennis ball for scale..

[Mobile Chicane]

It's a proper grasshopper, which make a continuous 'whirring' sound, as opposed to crickets, which 'chirp'.

I heard the first of these today too.

[Easternlight]

Sorry to disagree but I think cricket.
Roesel's bush-cricket

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/i...

[Tyre Smoke]

That's it! Thanks for that.