Best photos of the month, September 2021.

Ural Owl | Vladimir Maer | 21

Black Stork | Denis Zhbir | 18

Merlin | Vladimir Maer | 17

European Robin | Nina Shteinbrenner | 17

Mongolian Finch | Denis Zhbir | 17

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 16

Ural Owl | Vladimir Maer | 16

Daurian Partridge | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 15

Little Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 15

Northern Grey Shrike | Aleksey Bolshakov | 15

Eurasian Hobby | Vladimir Maer | 14

Tufted Duck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 14

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 13

Arctic Loon | Vladimir Pankratov | 13

Arctic Loon | Vladimir Pankratov | 13

Willow Tit | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Ural Owl | Konstantin Kisloy | 12

Northern Goshawk | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 12

Upland Buzzard | Vladimir Maer | 11

Lesser Kestrel | Vladimir Maer | 11

Black Stork | Denis Zhbir | 11

Twite | Denis Zhbir | 11

Sanderling | Elena Bobachenko | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Denis Voronov | 11

Ural Owl | Denis Voronov | 11

Grey Heron | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Little Bunting | Konstantin Kisloy | 11

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Pankratov | 10

Desert Wheatear | Vladimir Pankratov | 10

Grey Plover | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Brown Accentor | Denis Zhbir | 10

Lesser Kestrel | Denis Zhbir | 10

Ural Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 10

Northern Goshawk | Maxim Afanasiev | 10

European Robin | Denis Voronov | 10

Northern Goshawk | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 10

Eversmann's Redstart | Vladimir Maer | 9

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 9

Sanderling | Vladimir Pankratov | 9

Daurian Redstart | Tatiana Semenova | 9

Hoopoe | Oleg Popov | 9

Tufted Duck | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Coal Tit | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Vladimir Pankratov | 8

Pallas's Warbler | Alexandr Kochetkov | 8

Ural Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Grey Heron | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Northern Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Common Kestrel | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Siberian Tit | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 8

Wood Warbler | Mihail Ivanov | 8