Black grouse has declined in numbers in Uppland quite dramatically. No wonder given the amount of clearcutting. This is one of the last black grouse cocks displaying all by himself on a clearcut. 
Uppland, May 11 2024.

Zoom F3 + mikro-Usi as tree ears

The last Black Grouse

Sound recordist Colin Hunter 
Founder of the World Sounds project

Sound editor - Field recordist - Bird enthusiast



l̵̮̝̲̽́͆̉̈́̊̇̈̚͝ ̴̬͎͈͇̝͕̮̟͔̇̉͆͜'̴̧͔̩̰̭͚̼̟̮͍͋̏̇̋̕ ̶̭͖̜̘̖̳̦̬̰̥͐̈̈͝ë̷̼̺̼̬͕̓̃ ̸̢̙͓̭̺̙́̾̀̈͒́̋̊͠͝t̵͇̯̻̭̹̳͖̾͊͛͊ ̶̛͕̐̇̾̔̊͘e̸̢̫̩͙̰̭͓̭̺̋̎̉̓ ̷̝̭̫͍͓̳̼̭̼̽̅̀̎̕ͅr̸͎̭͚̟̯͊ͅ ̴̖̱͍̝̱̱̦̺̈̌͗̈́̈́͝ņ̸̬̦̘͊̈́̆ͅ ̶̥͈̯̪̻͙̲̀͒̈̏̏̆͛̀̉͗͜o̷̮̘̗͋̓̌̍͋͗̓ ̷̮̞̰̣̪̦̀̑̈́ ̶̡̲͍͚̙͖̮̳̯̺̋͊ȓ̸͍̥̌̈́͒́̋̈́̅ ̷̨̛̲͚̩̩̩̘̄̈́͑͌̿̑̍̑͛͜î̸̲̮̼̼̇͌͝ ̷̖͉̫̝̈̊̈́̓̆̀̑̈́̆̾t̴̢̮̣͍̱̐͛̒̂̿̈́̐ͅ ̵̩̮͇̝̦̩̫̋̿̅̄̀͜ǫ̷̧͈̑͜͜ ̴̧̟̳̫̜͈͉̟͔͔̉́̓̚͝ŗ̶͕͖̯̻͋̔̽͠ ̷͓̊̀͆̇̀̒͒͝n̵̟̺̙͗͋̃̀͝ ̶͙̄̐͌ḙ̵̼͍͓̘̃̏͆̿͜ ̴̨̳̼̺̩̠̮̊̌̏l̷͕͛̓̂̌̃́̈́̂͘ ̸͓̰͈͖̙̱͈̙̆̈́̌͆̂̋̀̒̉̐l̶̢̰͖̺̰̉͆̾ ̶̰̥̻͍̜̝̀̏̿̾̈́̐̐͋͜͠͠o̵̪̳̦̫̜̺͈͇̩͂̓̇̌͋̉̄̐ͅ

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

The last Black Grouse

Bo Söderström