ASMR

Wolves & Lynx

In the wolf forest close to Uppsala I placed a drop rig continuously recording for 48 hours and mixed it down to nine minutes. In the order they appear:
willow tit
crested tit
capercaillie, male flew past very close
pygmy owl
common scooter, two flocks migrating south
rain shower
WOLVES
pygmy owl
ural owl, female barking
jay
crested tit
raven landed close and walked around at the same time as WOLVES had a concert in the distance
crested tit
willow tit
Siggefora, Uppland. September 1 to 3, 2022.

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

Last Friday we were out in our local wolf territory (1-hour drive from Uppsala) and at midnight a lone wolf howled at the moon. Always an amazing experience. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Howling wolf at midnight

Humans smell a lot and this pack of wolves stopped in their tracks to inspect the droprig recorder I put high up in a spruce. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Panting wolves inspect the droprig

Lousy recording of a calling male lynx. Uppland. February 12, 2023.

Lynx

I put out the drop rig to record owls but set it up during night and did not see that at the base of the pine was a wood ant nest. The recording was "ruined" by lots of wood ants going up the trunk during the night. Was unaware how much "noise" they create but it can perhaps be used as ASMR for relaxation :)

Nåsten, Uppsala. July 24, 2024
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272

(since all ants passed by only one of the microphones I converted the recording to mono)

Wood ants along a pine trunk

This is how I wake up every morning. Really cozy but my left arm is hurting because the cat (Chana) does not want me to move...

Uppsala. July 27, 2024.
Mixpre 3ii + AT B4025

Burmese cat purring

While trying to record wolves (once again) this rather big moth, perhaps pine hawk moth, approached both of my Clippy microphones. A nice warm sound. This has happened so many times by now so I wonder if they are attracted to my grey Bubblebee wind protection...! In the background you hear  the wartbiter chorus all the time.

Svinasjön, Uppland. August 14, 2024.
Zoom F3 + 2 x Clippy EM272 as tree ears

Moth and wartbiters

Night in the wolf forest during mid-August. This is the time of wartbiters, after a few minutes a brief rain shower drowns out their calls.

Svinasjön, Uppsala. August 14, 2024.
Clippy EM 272 + Zoom F3

Rain shower in the night forest

Four years in a row I have been trying to record wolves. I have been lucky most years but since they have changed rendez-vouz area it took longer than usual this year. Now I have pinpointed where they are and maybe I will get better recording in the coming weeks. This is a perfect time of the year to listen for wolves.

Siggefora. September 5, 2024.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree-ears

Wolves with pups

There is a wonderful pebble beach in the small picturesque former fishing village of Ygne south of Visby, Gotland. The wind was quite strong today so the sound of pebbles was not prominent.

Ygne, Gotland. December 31, 2024.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272

New Year's Eve waves in the Baltic Sea

I put out a droprig close to a nest of a Grey-headed Woodpecker in an aspen close to a small brook. In this recording you can discern a drumming Grey-headed Woodpecker and later on a dusk-singing Blackbird and Robin. And after sunset you will hear two wolves howl in the distance and in the final minutes a calling Great Grey Owl.

Uppland. May 5, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree ears

ASMR - small brook at dusk with wolves in the distance

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

ASMR - small brook at dusk with wolves in the distance

Bo Söderström