Best photos of the month, May 2026.

Common Snipe | Olga Fattakhova | 15

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Olga Fattakhova | 13

Common Kingfisher | Katya Tsekhmister | 12

Eurasian Spoonbill | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Bluethroat | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Mandarin Duck | Valerii Bogdanovich | 11

Northern Wheatear | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Mandarin Duck | Valerii Bogdanovich | 10

Common Kestrel | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Yellow Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Black Kite | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Little Ringed Plover | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Little Ringed Plover | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Common Snipe | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Borodkin | 8

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Little Bunting | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Common Chiffchaff | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Common Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Mallard | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Common Starling | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Northern Reed Bunting | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Little Bunting | Valerii Bogdanovich | 6

White-naped Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Common Sandpiper | Pavel Karplyuk | 6

Osprey | Pavel Karplyuk | 6

Common Stonechat | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Grey Wagtail | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Greater Spotted Eagle | Alexey Bukin | 6

Greater Spotted Eagle | Alexey Bukin | 6

Mallard | Vladimir Maer | 5

Brambling | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Naumann's Thrush | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Naumann's Thrush | Valerii Bogdanovich | 5

European Greenfinch | Andrei Panov | 5

Horned Lark | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Steppe Eagle | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Little Ringed Plover | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Common Sandpiper | Elena Kleymenova | 5

Tree Pipit | Aleksandra Nikolaeva | 5

Hen Harrier | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Common Coot | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Barn Swallow | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Eurasian Jay | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Common Starling | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Daurian Redstart | Vadim Shagovsky | 5

Long-eared Owl | Vadim Shagovsky | 5

Common Chiffchaff | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Common Sandpiper | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Common Stonechat | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Tree Pipit | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

White Wagtail | Nikita Yablokov | 4

Dusky Thrush | Valerii Bogdanovich | 4

Taiga Flycatcher | Valerii Bogdanovich | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Grey Wagtail | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Common Redshank | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Nikolay Alekseev | 4

Swan Goose | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Daurian Redstart | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Pine Bunting | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Fieldfare | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

European Greenfinch | Elena Kleymenova | 4

Pied Flycatcher | Elena Kleymenova | 4

Olive-backed Pipit | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Marsh Tit | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Northern Shoveler | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Sand Martin | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Common Sandpiper | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Barn Swallow | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Common Stonechat | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Greater Spotted Eagle | Alexey Bukin | 4

Black Woodpecker | Vadim Shagovsky | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Mallard | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Eurasian Spoonbill | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Sergey Chumakov | 4