On the drive to Lapland I spotted the first grouse of the season. The warm weather clearly did its job.

In the photos: a capercaillie and some black grouse.

Grey, rainy morning, and the shots were taken quickly from the roadside while passing by. No other excuses for the poor focus.

#photography
#naturephotography
#nature
#lapland
#finland
#capercaillie
#blackgrouse
#wildlifephotography
#birds

After decades of decline, there are signs of hope for the #capercaillie, one of #Britain’s most endangered birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/13/small-signs-of-recovery-scotland-rare-capercaillie-bird

"Populations of the charismatic grouse, which is found only in the Caledonian pine forests of the Scottish Highlands, have increased by 50%, from 20 males in 2020 to 30 in 2025"

#Birds #Conservation #Scotland

#JukeboxFridayNight is #GreatOutdoors - open spaces, nature, parks, tree-lined streets... Scottish highlands?

"Beautiful wasteland" - Capercaillie

You can take the girl out of the Highlands, but she'll always want to return to the bracken slopes by the ocean on a warm summer's day.

Title track from the group's 1997 album.

https://song.link/gb/i/291557300

#Capercaillie

Point what you want!
(Don’t trust the Internet and the oligarchs)

Paper Thing Chart 441 - 444

By Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Hüter des Kunstfriedens von 1961 und Realistiker 8/25
#dada #Nature #Color #Art #AIart #Thing #animals #Auerhahn #capercaillie