Best photos of the month, April 2026.

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 13

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 11

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Common Oystercatcher | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Common Starling | Vladimir Maer | 8

European Greenfinch | Elizaveta Kolesnikova | 8

Black Stork | Vladimir Maer | 7

Great White Egret | Nina Shteinbrenner | 7

Black Kite | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Common Crane | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Common Redshank | Katya Tsekhmister | 7

Steppe Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Long-tailed Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Pied Wheatear | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Black Stork | Pavel Karplyuk | 7

Sky Lark | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Black Kite | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Masked Wagtail | Konstantin Kisloy | 7

Osprey | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Black Kite | Maxim Dolgov | 7

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 7

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Common Treecreeper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Black-tailed Godwit | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Sky Lark | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Whooper Swan | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Whooper Swan | Tatiana Semenova | 6

Horned Lark | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Chaffinch | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Horned Lark | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Meadow Bunting | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Red-breasted Merganser | Mihail Ivanov | 5

White Wagtail | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Eurasian Nuthatch | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Whooper Swan | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Yellowhammer | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Common Crane | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Western Marsh-harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Eurasian Woodcock | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

European Robin | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Common Kestrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Rustic Bunting | Tatiana Semenova | 5

Merlin | Tatiana Semenova | 5

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Common Chiffchaff | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Northern Wheatear | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Goosander | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Horned Lark | Beta Wildlife | 5

Common Chaffinch | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Common Chaffinch | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Sky Lark | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Common Oystercatcher | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 5

Citrine Wagtail | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Northern Wheatear | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Water Pipit | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Grey Heron | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Citrine Wagtail | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Great Grey Shrike | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Western Capercaillie | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Northern Black Grouse | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

European Greenfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Red-flanked Bluetail | Denis Kochetkov | 4

Western Marsh-harrier | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Masked Wagtail | Ekaterina Shichkova | 4

Great White Egret | Andrei Panov | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Starling | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Northern Reed Bunting | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Stock Pigeon | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Pallid Harrier | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Western Marsh-harrier | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Red-flanked Bluetail | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Siberian Accentor | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Great Cormorant | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Bean Goose | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Western Capercaillie | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Common Snipe | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Fieldfare | Nikolay Alekseev | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Common Raven | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Citrine Wagtail | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Great White Egret | Mishail Belousow | 4

Pied Wheatear | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Isabelline Wheatear | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Horned Lark | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 4

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 4