Best photos of the month, May 2025.

Hen Harrier | Maxim Afanasiev | 11

Dalmatian Pelican | Vladimir Maer | 10

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 10

Arctic Loon | Andrey Chernykh | 10

Common Buzzard | Maxim Afanasiev | 10

Snow Bunting | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Northern Pintail | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 10

Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Kostya Filimonov | 10

Hoopoe | Vladimir Maer | 9

Greater Spotted Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 9

Ural Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Common Starling | Nikolay Alekseev | 9

Common Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

White-headed Duck | Vladimir Maer | 8

Savi's Warbler | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8

Short-eared Owl | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Yellow Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Bluethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 8

Northern Pintail | Vladimir Maer | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Vladimir Maer | 7

Water Rail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Common Snipe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 7

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Buzzard | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Tree Pipit | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 7

Pallid Harrier | Vladimir Maer | 6

Green Sandpiper | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Green Sandpiper | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Black-Necked Grebe | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Marsh Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Whinchat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Bluethroat | Marina Borovskaya | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Victor Khamin | 6

Lesser Kestrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eurasian Curlew | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Common Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Daurian Redstart | Tatiana Semenova | 6

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Short-eared Owl | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Western Marsh-harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Black-winged Stilt | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Northern Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Redwing | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Tree Pipit | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Vladimir Maer | 5

Green Sandpiper | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Whooper Swan | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Black Woodpecker | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Northern Lapwing | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Naumann's Thrush | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Ekaterina Shichkova | 5

Siberian Jay | Andrei Panov | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Black Kite | Nikolay Alekseev | 5

European Greenfinch | Nikolay Alekseev | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Grey Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Northern Black Grouse | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Northern Shoveler | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Whinchat | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Pallid Harrier | Vladimir Maer | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 5

Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Kostya Filimonov | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Mandarin Duck | Anna Vasilchenko | 4

Garganey | Vladimir Maer | 4

Godlewski's Bunting | Vladimir Maer | 4

Citrine Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Grey Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Bewick's Swan | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Whooper Swan | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Olive-backed Pipit | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Bluethroat | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Kovalevskiy | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Nikita Yablokov | 4

Common Buzzard | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Citrine Wagtail | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Northern Shoveler | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Common Rosefinch | Nadia Goncharova | 4

Common Sandpiper | Nadia Goncharova | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Victor Khamin | 4

Grey Heron | Victor Khamin | 4

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Snipe | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Thrush Nightingale | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Pied Wheatear | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Daurian Jackdaw | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Bluethroat | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Pied Flycatcher | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Bewick's Swan | Elena Bobachenko | 4

Pied Avocet | Elena Bobachenko | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Goosander | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Common Pochard | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Vladimir Kulikov | 4

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Tufted Duck | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Tree Pipit | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Common Kestrel | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Bluethroat | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Whinchat | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Garganey | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Common Stonechat | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Common Cuckoo | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Maxim Dolgov | 4

Siberian Jay | Andrei Panov | 4

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Bewick's Swan | Elena Bobachenko | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 4

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 4

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Anna Vasilchenko | 3

Mandarin Duck | Anna Vasilchenko | 3

Falcated Duck | Anna Vasilchenko | 3

Lesser Kestrel | Vladimir Maer | 3

Lammergeier | Vladimir Maer | 3

Daurian Jackdaw | Vladimir Maer | 3

Northern Wheatear | Sergey Chumakov | 3

Garganey | Sergey Chumakov | 3

Eurasian Redstart | Igor Fefelov | 3

Greater Ringed Plover | Igor Fefelov | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Black-throated Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Red Crossbill | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Blyth's Pipit | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Hoopoe | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Cetti’s Warbler | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Eurasian Wryneck | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Eurasian Curlew | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Ruddy Shelduck | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Eurasian Redstart | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Swinhoe's Snipe | Iana Pleshkova | 3

Long-eared Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 3

Common Stonechat | Natalia Vorobyova | 3

Pied Flycatcher | Natalia Vorobyova | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Nikita Yablokov | 3

Common Sandpiper | Nikita Yablokov | 3

Song Thrush | Nikita Yablokov | 3

Willow Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Green Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Oystercatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Thrush Nightingale | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Red-throated Thrush | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Common Chiffchaff | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Gadwall | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Red-flanked Bluetail | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Song Thrush | Nadia Goncharova | 3

Long-tailed Duck | Nadia Goncharova | 3

Eurasian Redstart | Ekaterina Shichkova | 3

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Panov | 3

Northern Reed Bunting | Andrei Panov | 3

Bean Goose | Victor Khamin | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Victor Khamin | 3

Common Teal | Victor Khamin | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Victor Khamin | 3

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Northern Wheatear | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Tufted Duck | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Chaffinch | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Black-headed Gull | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Common Raven | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Black-headed Gull | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Northern Shoveler | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Garganey | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Temminck's Stint | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Tatiana Semenova | 3

Taiga Flycatcher | Tatiana Semenova | 3

Yellow-browed Warbler | Tatiana Semenova | 3

Eurasian Redstart | Elena Kleymenova | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Elena Kleymenova | 3

Northern Wheatear | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Common Crane | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Green Sandpiper | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Common Cuckoo | Olga Fattakhova | 3

Slavonian Grebe | Elena Bobachenko | 3

Common Sandpiper | Elena Bobachenko | 3

Common Redshank | Elena Bobachenko | 3

Yellowhammer | Denis Voronov | 3

Common Chiffchaff | Olga Nemezhikova | 3

Common Pochard | Olga Nemezhikova | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 3

Barred Warbler | Vladimir Kulikov | 3

Northern Lapwing | Ekaterina Belova | 3

Sand Martin | Ekaterina Belova | 3

Sand Martin | Ekaterina Belova | 3

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Andrey Borodkin | 3

Tree Pipit | Andrey Borodkin | 3

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Borodkin | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Common Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Tree Pipit | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Redwing | Kostya Filimonov | 3

Tree Pipit | Maxim Dolgov | 3

Tree Pipit | Maxim Dolgov | 3

Caspian Tern | Vladimir Maer | 3

Garganey | Sergey Chumakov | 3

Green Sandpiper | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Red-throated Thrush | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Red-flanked Bluetail | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Ekaterina Shichkova | 3

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Garganey | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Black Kite | Nikolay Alekseev | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Tatiana Semenova | 3

Northern Lapwing | Ekaterina Belova | 3

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Short-eared Owl | Vasily Stashiba | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Maxim Bzhitskikh | 3

Green-headed Wagtail | Anna Vasilchenko | 3

Baikal Teal | Anna Vasilchenko | 3

Green Sandpiper | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Red-throated Thrush | Marina Borovskaya | 3

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Bewick's Swan | Elena Bobachenko | 3

Black Kite | Nikolay Alekseev | 3

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3