Best photos of the month, April 2025.

Demoiselle Crane | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 15

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 11

Black-throated Thrush | Elena Kleymenova | 11

Demoiselle Crane | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 11

Yellowhammer | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Song Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Eurasian Linnet | Vadim Ivushkin | 10

Bluethroat | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Bluethroat | Mihail Ivanov | 10

Bluethroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Common Sparrowhawk | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Bluethroat | Marina Borovskaya | 9

European Robin | Katya Tsekhmister | 9

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Gadwall | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Common Chaffinch | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Northern Grey Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Northern Grey Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Gadwall | Marina Borovskaya | 8

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Common Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Northern Lapwing | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Common Starling | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Common Starling | Konstantin Kisloy | 8

European Greenfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

White Wagtail | Vladimir Maer | 7

Bluethroat | Vladimir Pankratov | 7

Northern Hazelhen | Andrey Bazdyrev | 7

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Alpine Accentor | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

White-naped Crane | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Common Crane | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Mute Swan | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Eurasian Siskin | Victor Khamin | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Red-flanked Bluetail | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Rustic Bunting | Tatiana Semenova | 7

Hooded Crow | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Masked Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Rook | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Azure Tit | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Kestrel | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 7

Willow Tit | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Siberian Accentor | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 7

Hooded Crow | Vladimir Maer | 6

Yellowhammer | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Common Chaffinch | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Willow Tit | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Bean Goose | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Mongolian Lark | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Northern Black Grouse | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Short-eared Owl | Andrey Chernykh | 6

Long-tailed Duck | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Eurasian Siskin | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Common Chaffinch | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Northern Wheatear | Valerii Bogdanovich | 6

Rustic Bunting | Valerii Bogdanovich | 6

Pied Wheatear | Marina Borovskaya | 6

Bluethroat | Marina Borovskaya | 6

European Greenfinch | Andrei Panov | 6

Fieldfare | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Azure-winged Magpie | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Fieldfare | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Golden Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Hen Harrier | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Common Buzzard | Pavel Karplyuk | 6

Black Woodpecker | Nikolay Alekseev | 6

Common Chaffinch | Nikolay Alekseev | 6

Snow Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Snow Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Northern Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Eurasian Magpie | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

White-Backed Woodpecker | Konstantin Kisloy | 6

Eurasian Siskin | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

European Greenfinch | Andrey Borodkin | 6

White Wagtail | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Northern Pintail | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Whooper Swan | Alexey Bukin | 6

Common Chaffinch | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Eurasian Linnet | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Northern Lapwing | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Goldcrest | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Common Crane | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Hybrid Bunting | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Red-flanked Bluetail | Sergey Chumakov | 5

White Wagtail | Igor Fefelov | 5

Common Shelduck | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Black Kite | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Northern Wheatear | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Rustic Bunting | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Black-headed Gull | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Common Chaffinch | Natalya Markova | 5

Northern Pintail | Nikita Yablokov | 5

Rough-legged Buzzard | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Western Marsh-harrier | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Sky Lark | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Eurasian Curlew | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

European Greenfinch | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Azure-winged Magpie | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Pied Wheatear | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Northern Wheatear | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Azure-winged Magpie | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Northern Reed Bunting | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Common Buzzard | Andrei Panov | 5

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Andrei Panov | 5

Hawfinch | Victor Khamin | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Victor Khamin | 5

Pine Bunting | Victor Khamin | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Redwing | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

Northern Lapwing | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

Yellowhammer | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Nikolay Alekseev | 5

Snow Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Northern Lapwing | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Common Crane | Elena Kleymenova | 5

Northern Grey Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Eurasian Jackdaw | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Bluethroat | Oleg Popov | 5

Baraba Steppe Gull | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Citrine Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Common Goldeneye | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

European Greenfinch | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Carrion Crow | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Vega Gull | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Mallard | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Fieldfare | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Yellowhammer | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Vasily Stashiba | 5

European Greenfinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Common Chaffinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Northern Pintail | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Hawfinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Yellowhammer | Vasily Stashiba | 5

European Greenfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Eurasian Nuthatch | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Black Kite | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Alpine Accentor | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Common Crane | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Common Crane | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Bluethroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Northern Black Grouse | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Siberian Accentor | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Glaucous Gull | Vadim Ivushkin | 5