After a long day of unsuccessful photo hunt for Willow ptarmigan we were tired, walking down the mountain, me and my brother. Then someting fluttered in the air and a male Willow ptarmigan landed in the grass further away. I approached it slowly and could soon distinguish the bird in the high vegetation. Now manual focus was needed... I got some pictures before the bird decided to continue down the mountain. The Willow ptarmigan is our largest ptarmigan in Sweden with a length of up to 43 cm and wing-spread of up to 66 cm.