Letter: Cricket season

Sir: I was happy to see a 'singing cricket' hopping about among some weeds in a greenhouse last Tuesday ('Last stand for 'singing cricket' depleted by the fickle summers', 4 September). He is a member of a small colony which gives endless delight to various nieces and nephews.

It, the colony, has been in the gardens for ages . . . and it is a good way from Petworth, but still in West Sussex. So that is another 'sighting'. All is not lost. Yet.

Sincerely,

DIRK BOGARDE

London, WC2

4 September