Musical insects that went extinct in the UK have been brought back to the country from France by conservationists hoping to re-establish their population.
Scientists from the Species Recovery Trust (SRT) this week released 11 New Forest cicadas into a specially created habitat at Paultons Park - just outside the Hampshire woods where they once sang.
The New Forest cicada was once found across the national park - but the last confirmed sightings were in the 1990s.
Charlotte Carne, from the SRT, said the reintroduction project was "like bringing them back from the dead."
She added that it was "amazing to see New Forest cicadas in England after all this time" following the "really challenging project".
