Best photos of the month, January 2026.

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 18

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 17

Great Grey Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 17

Whooper Swan | Olga Nemezhikova | 17

Boreal Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Sergey Chumakov | 12

Hawfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 12

Boreal Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 12

Black Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 11

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 11

Hawfinch | Ekaterina Shichkova | 11

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Boreal Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Ekaterina Shichkova | 11

Boreal Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Grey Partridge | Elena Kleymenova | 10

White-Backed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 10

Little Owl | Yaroslav Burmatov | 10

Upland Buzzard | Mihail Ivanov | 9

Long-eared Owl | Marina Borovskaya | 9

Boreal Owl | Andrei Panov | 9

Willow Tit | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 9

Boreal Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Common Goldeneye | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Black Woodpecker | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Ural Owl | Andrei Panov | 8

Ural Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | Alexandr Kochetkov | 8

Azure Tit | Elena Kleymenova | 8

Marsh Tit | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Grey Partridge | Alexandr Kochetkov | 7