Dawn chorus

Lekking birds

Grouse

Although on the decline (?) there are still quite many Ural Owls breeding in Uppland. In the end of this recording you will hear when the male comes with food to the female and young. They are quite vocal in mid-May in the very early morning hours. This is a passive recording, I would not dare stand so close to Ural Owls otherwise. Really aggressive at their nests. During the night a Tawny Owl came too close and was chased off by the Urals. 220517

Dusk to dawn chorus with Ural Owls and Tawny Owls (May 17, 2022)

Morning recording from our garden surrounded by horse pastures and agricultural fields. Tree sparrow, blue tit, skylark, pheasant breed nearby. In the middle of the recording some unknown raptor passes by and all birds warn. 220521. Hågaby

Dawn chorus in my garden in Håga by (May 21, 2022)

Capercaillie, Common Crane and Black Grouse

Capercaillie lek

Black Grouse and Raven

Black Grouse and Common Crane

Black Grouse lekking

Dusk to dawn chorus in my garden in Håga by (May 23, 2022)

From midnight to around 8 o'clock in the morning. A drop rig close to Hågaån, near Kvarnbo, Uppsala, Sweden. 220527

Dusk to dawn chorus along a small creek Hågaån (May 27, 2022)

Passive recording on a clearcut just west of Uppsala from 8PM June 5 to 6 AM June 6, 2022. The morning chorus dominated by blackcap and songthrush, in the background cuckoo and redbacked shrike. At dusk a pair of pygmy owls called.

Dusk to dawn chorus on a forest clearcut (June 6, 2022)

This has been my nemesis bird. For three years I have been trying to record its song and today it happened. I was out in the forest to set up a hide for the Capercaillie lek in advance (will start in one month's time) when I flushed a hazel grouse. In the recording you will hear the contact call the first minute together with lekking black grouse in the distance. After one minute it starts to sing. In the end of the recording you will hear some kind of sub-song of the hazel grouse. Don't know if this has been recorded before. Other birds in the recording are mistle thrush, skylark, jay, raven, coal tit, crested tit, great tit and more. Älgpussen, Uppland. March 19, 2023.

Hazel Grouse in song, finally!

I spent the night in the forest to wake up with lekking Capercaillie. This is the fourth year in a row in late April. This year I was in luck since three hens visited the dominant male who displayed just in front of my mic. The ultra-sound part of their calls can be heard here. April 21, 2023.
AudioTechnica BP6025, Mixpre 3ii

Capercaillie lekking during the hen week

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

Capercaillie lekking during the hen week

Bo Söderström