Swans, ducks and geese

ASMR

Greylag Geese and Bittern

Canada Goose

Common Crane and Barnacle Goose

Bean geese

When out at night in late April and early May in Uppland, a very common call is that of Common Scoters migrating north to the Swedish mountains. Mellow whistles in the night. Nåsten, Uppsala. May 3, 2023. 

Photo shows American Scoters by Gary Leavens

Common Scoter on their night spring migration

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

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

A very soft whistle is characteristics of the Common Teal. This is early morning when teals come to take a bath in a forest pond.

Högbyhatt, Uppsala. April 30, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 with 1 m distance between them

Teal talk

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

Teal talk

Bo Söderström