Best photos of the month, May 2025.

Eurasian Dotterel | Vladimir Maer | 17

Red-footed Falcon | Vladimir Maer | 15

Altai Snowcock | Vladimir Maer | 15

Hen Harrier | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Northern Pintail | Olga Nemezhikova | 14

Black-tailed Godwit | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 13

Common Buzzard | Maxim Afanasiev | 13

Ural Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 12

Snow Bunting | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Dalmatian Pelican | Vladimir Maer | 11

Arctic Loon | Andrey Chernykh | 11

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Olga Fattakhova | 11

Common Sandpiper | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 11

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Tufted Duck | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Common Stonechat | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Kostya Filimonov | 10

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Hoopoe | Vladimir Maer | 9

Greater Spotted Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 9

Spotted Flycatcher | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Swinhoe's Snipe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Common Starling | Nikolay Alekseev | 9

Common Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Eurasian Hobby | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Common Cuckoo | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Western Marsh-harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Elena Bobachenko | 9

Yellow Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Hen Harrier | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Garganey | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Taiga Flycatcher | Andrey Borodkin | 9

White-naped Crane | Anna Vasilchenko | 8

White-headed Duck | Vladimir Maer | 8

Greylag Goose | Vladimir Maer | 8

White-winged Scoter | Igor Fefelov | 8

Savi's Warbler | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Long-eared Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 8

Long-eared Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 8

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 8

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 8

Siberian Rubythroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Oriental Turtle Dove | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Dusky Thrush | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Black-winged Stilt | Elena Bobachenko | 8

Short-eared Owl | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Tufted Duck | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Little Ringed Plover | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Garganey | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Common Stonechat | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Bluethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 8

European Golden Oriole | Vasily Stashiba | 8

Ural Owl | Andrey Erykalov | 8

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 8

Baraba Steppe Gull | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Anna Vasilchenko | 7

Northern Pintail | Vladimir Maer | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Vladimir Maer | 7

Eurasian Wryneck | Vladimir Maer | 7

Godlewski's Bunting | Vladimir Maer | 7

Common Crane | Vladimir Maer | 7

European Bee-eater | Vladimir Maer | 7

Grey-necked Bunting | Vladimir Maer | 7

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Water Rail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Grey Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Long-eared Owl | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Common Snipe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Bluethroat | Marina Borovskaya | 7

Lesser Kestrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Eurasian Curlew | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Common Snipe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Wood Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Northern Lapwing | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Black-Necked Grebe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Eurasian Wryneck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

White-winged Tern | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

Common Kingfisher | Elena Kleymenova | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Common Whitethroat | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Pied Avocet | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Black-tailed Godwit | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Buzzard | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Tree Pipit | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Sandpiper | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Smew | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 7

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Vladimir Kulikov | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Common Kingfisher | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Common Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 7

Thrush Nightingale | Maxim Dolgov | 7

Red-footed Falcon | Vladimir Maer | 7

Altai Snowcock | Vladimir Maer | 7

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Siberian Rubythroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Pallid Harrier | Vladimir Maer | 6

Merlin | Vladimir Maer | 6

Eversmann's Redstart | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Green Sandpiper | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Green Sandpiper | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Black-Necked Grebe | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Peregrine Falcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Marsh Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Whinchat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Pallas's Warbler | Valerii Bogdanovich | 6

Citrine Wagtail | Marina Borovskaya | 6

Lesser Whitethroat | Ekaterina Shichkova | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Victor Khamin | 6

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Pied Wheatear | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Common Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Peregrine Falcon | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Daurian Redstart | Tatiana Semenova | 6

Ruddy Turnstone | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Bean Goose | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Short-eared Owl | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Corncrake | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Spotted Flycatcher | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Northern Reed Bunting | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Redwing | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Mallard | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Common Coot | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Gadwall | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Common Pochard | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Northern Shoveler | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Baraba Steppe Gull | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Mallard | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Booted Warbler | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Grey Heron | Ekaterina Belova | 6

Booted Warbler | Ekaterina Belova | 6

Oriental Turtle Dove | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Tree Pipit | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Garganey | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Common Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 6

Pied Flycatcher | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Pallid Harrier | Vladimir Maer | 6

White-winged Tern | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Baraba Steppe Gull | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Kostya Filimonov | 6

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Siberian Rubythroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Dusky Thrush | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 6

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Upland Buzzard | Anna Vasilchenko | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Red-flanked Bluetail | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Siberian Rubythroat | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Bearded Tit | Igor Fefelov | 5

Eurasian Bittern | Igor Fefelov | 5

Citrine Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Common Rosefinch | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Green Sandpiper | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Whooper Swan | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Whooper Swan | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Black Woodpecker | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Whinchat | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Hoopoe | Denis Kochetkov | 5

Northern Lapwing | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Valerii Bogdanovich | 5

Arctic Warbler | Valerii Bogdanovich | 5

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Valerii Bogdanovich | 5

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Northern Shoveler | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Naumann's Thrush | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Long-tailed Duck | Nadia Goncharova | 5

Siberian Jay | Andrei Panov | 5

Oriental Turtle Dove | Victor Khamin | 5

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Icterine Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Daurian Jackdaw | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Temminck's Stint | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Wood Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Lesser Kestrel | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Steppe Eagle | Pavel Karplyuk | 5

Black Kite | Nikolay Alekseev | 5

European Greenfinch | Nikolay Alekseev | 5

Taiga Flycatcher | Tatiana Semenova | 5

Yellow-browed Warbler | Tatiana Semenova | 5

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Grey-tailed Tattler | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Eurasian Whimbrel | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Little Gull | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Bluethroat | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Common Rosefinch | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Temminck's Stint | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Thrush Nightingale | Denis Voronov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Goosander | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Grey Wagtail | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Wood Sandpiper | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Wood Pigeon | Vjacheslav Liutin | 5

White-winged Lark | Vjacheslav Liutin | 5

Red-headed Bunting | Vjacheslav Liutin | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Bluethroat | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Common Stonechat | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Northern Black Grouse | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Northern Shoveler | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Whinchat | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Whinchat | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Common Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Whinchat | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Barn Swallow | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Common Starling | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Sergey Chumakov | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Red-flanked Bluetail | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Bewick's Swan | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 5

European Golden Oriole | Vasily Stashiba | 5

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Bean Goose | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Corncrake | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Common Chaffinch | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 5

Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Kostya Filimonov | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 5