Rooster on the Burland Croft Trail

This is a recording of the rooster that lives on the Burland Croft Trail; an amazing place run by Tommy and Mary Isbister. Tommy and Mary have been in Trondra since 1976, working and developing their crofts in a traditional way. Their main aim is to maintain native Shetland breeds of animals, poultry and crops, and to work with these animals and the environment in the tried-and-tested way that kept countless generations of Shetlanders alive in the past. The Burland Croft Trail is open all summer, and Mary and Tommy were incredibly helpful when I visited them, showing me around and introducing me to all their animals and also showing me some of the amazing knitwear produced by both Mary, Tommy and Mary's mothers, and their daughter, showing three generations of knitting and textile skill. Tommy and Mary send their wool off to Jamieson & Smith to be scoured and spun, so it was beautiful to see the wool growing on the sheeps' backs, and to see sheep being raised in the company of other Shetland breeds. The rooster was recorded with Naiant X-X microphones and the FOSTEX FR-2LE.