Best photos of the month, February 2026.

Great Grey Owl | Denis Voronov | 15

Ural Owl | Mishail Belousow | 13

Ural Owl | Mishail Belousow | 12

Pallas's Rosefinch | Nina Shteinbrenner | 11

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 11

Baikal Bullfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Great Grey Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 10

Eurasian Blackbird | Vladimir Pankratov | 9

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Ural Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Northern Hawk Owl | Andrei Panov | 9

Pine Grosbeak | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Pine Grosbeak | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8

Common Treecreeper | Natalia Vorobyova | 8

Ural Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 8

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 8

Common Treecreeper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Little Owl | Elena Kleymenova | 8

Great Tit | Vasily Stashiba | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Andrei Panov | 8

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Great Rosefinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Ural Owl | Vladimir Pankratov | 7

Ural Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 7

Black Woodpecker | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

European Greenfinch | Yaroslav Burmatov | 7

Northern Goshawk | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Common Redpoll | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Smew | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Tatiana Semenova | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Eurasian Siskin | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Black Woodpecker | Maxim Dolgov | 7

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Ural Owl | Mishail Belousow | 7

Great Grey Owl | Konstantin Samodurow | 6

Rough-legged Buzzard | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Willow Tit | Natalia Vorobyova | 6

Daurian Partridge | Valerii Bogdanovich | 6

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Long-tailed Duck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Red Crossbill | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Northern Grey Shrike | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

White-Backed Woodpecker | Nikolay Alekseev | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Nikolay Alekseev | 6

Ural Owl | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Common Redpoll | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Common Redpoll | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Hybrid Goldfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Smew | Marina Borovskaya | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Northern Grey Shrike | Natalia Vorobyova | 5

Hawfinch | Valerii Bogdanovich | 5

Azure-winged Magpie | Marina Borovskaya | 5

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Hawfinch | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Long-tailed Duck | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Common Redpoll | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Hybrid Crow | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Eurasian Wigeon | Andrey Borodkin | 5

Hawfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Fieldfare | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Hawfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Ural Owl | Vladimir Pankratov | 5

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Common Treecreeper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Lole Smirnova | 4

Ural Owl | Konstantin Samodurow | 4

Ural Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 4

Baikal Bullfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Upland Buzzard | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Natalia Vorobyova | 4

Eurasian Siskin | Nikita Yablokov | 4

Common Raven | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Daurian Partridge | Valerii Bogdanovich | 4

Marsh Tit | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Goosander | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Smew | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Common Goldeneye | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Great Grey Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Hybrid Crow | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Common Goldeneye | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Common Goldeneye | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Northern Black Grouse | Elena Levkina | 4

Fieldfare | Elena Levkina | 4

Great Grey Owl | Elena Levkina | 4

Northern Hazelhen | Elena Levkina | 4

Great Tit | Nikolay Alekseev | 4

Willow Tit | Tatiana Semenova | 4

Carrion Crow | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Baikal Bullfinch | Andrey Borodkin | 4

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Maxim Dolgov | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Maxim Dolgov | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Marina Borovskaya | 4

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 4

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Ural Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Nina Shteinbrenner | 4