Best photos of the month, August 2026.

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Alexandr Kochetkov | 11

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Eugene Simachev | 10

Northern Hazelhen | Yaroslav Burmatov | 8

Icterine Warbler | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Eurasian Golden Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Igor Fefelov | 7

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Eurasian Curlew | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Black-tailed Godwit | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Wood Sandpiper | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Siberian Crane | Lopson Bazarov | 6

Eurasian Curlew | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Spotted Nutcracker | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Black Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Daurian Redstart | Tatiana Semenova | 5

Ruff | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Swinhoe's Snipe | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Temminck's Stint | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Grey Wagtail | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Spotted Nutcracker | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Eurasian Golden Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Common Moorhen | Vladimir Maer | 4

Steppe Eagle | Igor Fefelov | 4

Wood Pigeon | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Common Snipe | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Grey Wagtail | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Elena Kleymenova | 4

Spotted Redshank | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Common Greenshank | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Lopson Bazarov | 4

European Bee-eater | Alexey Bukin | 4

Common Moorhen | Vladimir Maer | 4

Eurasian Golden Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Eurasian Golden Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4