Black Grouse Lek - Teerinsoidinta

This tour is available on any morning in April-May, upon personal agreement with you.

With its white wing stripes and a lyre-shaped tail, black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) is one of the most distinctive large birds in the arctic forests. At dawn in spring they gather in preferred places, called leks, where the cocks perform their mating ritual to the curious females: posturing, flutter-jumping and uttering bubbling sounds. This ‘lekking behaviour’ is often accompanied by the fights of the cocks.

Witness this spectacular performance escorted by our expert guide, who will introduce you to the life of the forests in Central Finland.

The guide picks you up from your hotel at around 3 am. After a 40-minute drive and a short walk to the hide we settle, wait and enjoy the scene. As the sun rises the joust begins. Meanwhile other birds and mammals, like cranes, owls, various songbirds, as well…