Best photos of the month, August 2025.

Swinhoe's Robin | Maxim Afanasiev | 15

Long-tailed Skua | Vladimir Kuzmin | 13

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Kochetkov | 13

Eurasian Spoonbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Northern Hawk Owl | Vladimir Kuzmin | 11

Common Kingfisher | Konstantin Kisloy | 11

Rock Ptarmigan | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Vladimir Kuzmin | 10

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Siberian Blue Robin | Andrey Borodkin | 10

Bearded Tit | Eugene Simachev | 10

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Saker Falcon | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Baillon's Crake | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Baillon's Crake | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Pine Grosbeak | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Tufted Duck | Igor Fefelov | 8

Booted Eagle | Vadim Ivushkin | 8

Dunlin | Andrey Chernykh | 8

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Oriental Turtle Dove | Andrey Chernykh | 7

Eurasian Spoonbill | Victor Khamin | 7

Arctic Warbler | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Great Crested Grebe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Kochetkov | 7

Brown Accentor | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Steppe Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Eurasian Spoonbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Far Eastern Curlew | Igor Fefelov | 6

Rufous-necked Stint | Igor Fefelov | 6

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Vladimir Pankratov | 6

Arctic Warbler | Andrey Chernykh | 6

Isabelline Wheatear | Mihail Ivanov | 6

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Hoopoe | Andrei Panov | 6

Little Bunting | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Merlin | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Red-breasted Merganser | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Sedge Warbler | Pavel Karplyuk | 6

Greenish Warbler | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Long-toed Stint | Eugene Simachev | 6

Merlin | Eugene Simachev | 6

Horned Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 6

Lesser Kestrel | Alexandr Balaev | 6

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Bearded Tit | Eugene Simachev | 6

Saker Falcon | Alexandr Balaev | 6

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Eurasian Spoonbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Baillon's Crake | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Temminck's Stint | Vladimir Maer | 5

Terek Sandpiper | Vladimir Maer | 5

Great Cormorant | Igor Fefelov | 5

Upland Buzzard | Vladimir Pankratov | 5

Curlew Sandpiper | Vladimir Pankratov | 5

Great White Egret | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Brambling | Maksim Volkov | 5

Northern Hazelhen | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 5

Mistle Thrush | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Greater Ringed Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Arctic Loon | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Steppe Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Swinhoe's Robin | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Common Kingfisher | Elena Kleymenova | 5

Common Chiffchaff | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Little Stint | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Crested Honey-buzzard | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Eurasian Curlew | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Great White Egret | Eugene Simachev | 5

Himalayan Accentor | Alexandr Balaev | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Isabelline Shrike | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Water Rail | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Bearded Tit | Eugene Simachev | 5

Great White Egret | Eugene Simachev | 5

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Little Stint | Vladimir Maer | 4

European Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Great Cormorant | Igor Fefelov | 4

Great Cormorant | Igor Fefelov | 4

Ruff | Igor Fefelov | 4

Curlew Sandpiper | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Steppe Eagle | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Twite | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Greater Spotted Eagle | Mishail Belousow | 4

Siberian Flycatcher | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Common Buzzard | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Asian Brown Flycatcher | Valerii Bogdanovich | 4

Long-tailed Skua | Maksim Volkov | 4

Grey Plover | Maksim Volkov | 4

Siberian Rubythroat | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 4

Common Buzzard | Andrei Panov | 4

Amur Falcon | Victor Khamin | 4

European Golden Oriole | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Starling | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Buzzard | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Sand Martin | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Stock Pigeon | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Red-flanked Bluetail | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Grey Heron | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Northern Lapwing | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Spotted Redshank | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Northern Goshawk | Pavel Karplyuk | 4

Swan Goose | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Taiga Flycatcher | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Greenish Warbler | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Pied Avocet | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Twite | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Siberian Jay | Vladimir Kulikov | 4

Siberian Rubythroat | Vladimir Kulikov | 4

Siberian Rubythroat | Vjacheslav Liutin | 4

Black Kite | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Black Kite | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Song Thrush | Vasily Stashiba | 4

European Bee-eater | Alexey Bukin | 4

European Bee-eater | Alexey Bukin | 4

Common Kingfisher | Kostya Filimonov | 4

Bearded Tit | Eugene Simachev | 4

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 4

European Golden Oriole | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Great White Egret | Eugene Simachev | 4

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Swinhoe's Robin | Maxim Afanasiev | 4