Best photos of the month, October 2025.

European Robin | Vjacheslav Liutin | 16

Black Woodpecker | Alexandr Kochetkov | 15

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexey Bukin | 13

Daurian Redstart | Marina Borovskaya | 12

Lapland Longspur | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Rough-legged Buzzard | Marina Borovskaya | 10

Long-tailed Tit | Marina Borovskaya | 10

Azure Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Whooper Swan | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Borodkin | 10

Western Capercaillie | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Eurasian Wigeon | Vladimir Kuzmin | 9

Snow Bunting | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Snow Bunting | Tatiana Semenova | 9

Ural Owl | Denis Voronov | 9

Red-flanked Bluetail | Vjacheslav Liutin | 9

Daurian Redstart | Marina Borovskaya | 9

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Red-flanked Bluetail | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Brambling | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Goldcrest | Vladimir Pankratov | 8

Daurian Redstart | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Red-flanked Bluetail | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Siberian Accentor | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Greater White-fronted Goose | Andrei Panov | 8

Common Sparrowhawk | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Common Treecreeper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Western Capercaillie | Nadejda Popova | 8

Red-flanked Bluetail | Vjacheslav Liutin | 8

Tufted Duck | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Ural Owl | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Naumann's Thrush | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Spotted Redshank | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexey Bukin | 7

Great Grey Shrike | Vladimir Maer | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Dusky Thrush | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Goldcrest | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Eurasian Redstart | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Rough-legged Buzzard | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Azure Tit | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Greater White-fronted Goose | Marina Borovskaya | 6

Siberian Jay | Andrei Panov | 6

Coal Tit | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Spotted Nutcracker | Tatiana Semenova | 6

Snow Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Redpoll | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Rustic Bunting | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Konstantin Andrussenko | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

Ural Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

Grey Heron | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Eurasian Goldfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Common Treecreeper | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Northern Hawk Owl | Igor Fefelov | 6

Northern Hawk Owl | Igor Fefelov | 5

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 5

Northern Grey Shrike | Andrey Chernykh | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Eurasian Redstart | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Common Redpoll | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Eurasian Goldfinch | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Daurian Partridge | Andrei Panov | 5

Common Starling | Victor Khamin | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Baikal Bullfinch | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Common Redpoll | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Eurasian Jay | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Hawfinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Spotted Nutcracker | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Coal Tit | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Azure Tit | Maxim Dolgov | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Siberian Jay | Andrei Panov | 5

Common Treecreeper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 5

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 5

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 5