Best photos of the month, May 2025.

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 16

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 15

European Nightjar | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Red-footed Falcon | Vladimir Maer | 15

Oriental Pratincole | Andrey Vyalkov | 14

Hen Harrier | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Northern Pintail | Olga Nemezhikova | 14

Rhinoceros Auklet | Dmitry Korobov | 13

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Barred Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Chinese Egret | Andrey Fedotov | 13

White-breasted Waterhen | Grigory Ivannikov | 13

Black-tailed Godwit | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 13

Common Buzzard | Maxim Afanasiev | 13

Japanese Grosbeak | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Eyebrowed Thrush | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Great Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Yellow Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 12

European Serin | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 12

Eurasian Hobby | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Little Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Corncrake | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Snow Bunting | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Greater Sand Plover | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Japanese Reed Bunting | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Common Whitethroat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Blue Rock Thrush | Andrey Fedotov | 11

Booted Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 11

Chinese Grosbeak | Inna Shchegolkova | 11

Black-naped Oriole | Vladimir Matyushin | 11

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Purple Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Balaev | 11

White-tailed Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandr Balaev | 11

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Horned Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black-eared Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Dalmatian Pelican | Vladimir Maer | 11

Arctic Loon | Andrey Chernykh | 11

Ural Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 11

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Olga Fattakhova | 11

Common Sandpiper | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 11

White-breasted Waterhen | Grigory Ivannikov | 11

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Rosefinch | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Black Redstart | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Black-winged Stilt | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Purple-backed Starling | Irina Malykina | 10

Median Egret | Irina Malykina | 10

Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Irina Malykina | 10

Siberian Rubythroat | Grigory Ivannikov | 10

Blue Rock Thrush | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 10

European Serin | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Asian Stubtail | Larisa Kuznetsova | 10

White-throated Rock-thrush | Vladimir Matyushin | 10

Eurasian Whimbrel | Vitaliy Butko | 10

Red-throated Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Squacco Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 10

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Rosy Starling | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Rosefinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Blue Rock Thrush | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Tufted Duck | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Kostya Filimonov | 10

Oriental Pratincole | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Demoiselle Crane | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Little Tern | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Bar-tailed Godwit | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Pied Harrier | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Black-winged Stilt | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Ashy Minivet | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Ashy Minivet | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Marsh Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

White Stork | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Swift | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Corncrake | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Dunlin | Andrei Kiselev | 9

European Bee-eater | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Chinese Grosbeak | Irina Malykina | 9

Short-eared Owl | Galina Katanova | 9

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 9

European Bee-eater | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Long-eared Owl | Alexander Kuznetsov | 9

Siberian Blue Robin | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Latham's Snipe | Yuriy Tsygankov | 9

Tawny Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black-headed Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hoopoe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Crested Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Sedge Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Greater Flamingo | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black-headed Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Northern House Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hoopoe | Vladimir Maer | 9

Greater Spotted Eagle | Vladimir Maer | 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

Pied Wheatear | Dmitry Korobov | 8

Marsh Sandpiper | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Yellow-browed Bunting | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Pied Avocet | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Forest Wagtail | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Whinchat | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Red-Necked Grebe | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Terek Sandpiper | Sergey Shursha | 8

Little Tern | Sergey Shursha | 8

Booted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Green Leaf-Warbler | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Olga Vasik | 8

Oriental Turtle Dove | Irina Malykina | 8

Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Irina Malykina | 8

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Alexander Rogal' | 8

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Fedotov | 8

Common Greenshank | Andrey Fedotov | 8

Eurasian Whimbrel | Andrey Fedotov | 8

Taiga Flycatcher | Dmitry Belyaev | 8

Dollarbird | Dmitry Belyaev | 8

Northern Black Grouse | Galina Katanova | 8

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Northern Wren | Grigory Ivannikov | 8

Black-winged Stilt | Grigory Ivannikov | 8

Citrine Wagtail | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Common Chiffchaff | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Tree Pipit | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Demoiselle Crane | Svetlana Medvedeva | 8

Ashy Minivet | Inna Shchegolkova | 8

Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Inna Shchegolkova | 8

Little Stint | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Purple-backed Starling | Svetlana Kashcheeva | 8

Cattle Egret | Svetlana Kashcheeva | 8

Ruddy Turnstone | Yuriy Tsygankov | 8

Little Bittern | Vitaliy Butko | 8

White-winged Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Little Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Griffon Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lammergeier | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Alpine Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Thrush Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Curlew Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Little Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Great White Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Kentish Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Montagu's Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Alexandr Balaev | 8

River Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Great Reed Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Corn Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Icterine Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Jay | Sergei Saveika | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Sergei Saveika | 8

Goosander | Sergei Saveika | 8

Common Sandpiper | Sergei Saveika | 8

Great Reed Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 8

White-naped Crane | Anna Vasilchenko | 8

White-headed Duck | Vladimir Maer | 8

Greylag Goose | Vladimir Maer | 8

Spotted Flycatcher | Sergey Chumakov | 8

White-winged Scoter | Igor Fefelov | 8

Savi's Warbler | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 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

Bluethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 8

European Golden Oriole | Vasily Stashiba | 8

Eyebrowed Thrush | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 8

Rhinoceros Auklet | Dmitry Korobov | 8

Oriental Pratincole | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Baraba Steppe Gull | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Little Tern | Andrey Vyalkov | 7

Purple-backed Starling | Andrey Vyalkov | 7

Chinese Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Vyalkov | 7

Dusky Warbler | Andrey Vyalkov | 7

Cattle Egret | Andrey Vyalkov | 7

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Grey Heron | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Marsh Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Arctic Tern | Sergey Shursha | 7

Little Bunting | Irina Malykina | 7

Asian Brown Flycatcher | Irina Malykina | 7

Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Irina Malykina | 7

Pacific Swift | Andrey Fedotov | 7

Lapland Longspur | Galina Katanova | 7

Short-eared Owl | Galina Katanova | 7

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Semenov | 7

Marsh Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 7

Osprey | Andrey Semenov | 7

Barred Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 7

Common Shelduck | Anatolii Khodakov | 7

White Stork | Mikhail Kalagin | 7

Common Rosefinch | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Yellow Wagtail | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Common Cuckoo | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Little Egret | Alexandr Lyubimov | 7

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Lyubimov | 7

Common Quail | Svetlana Medvedeva | 7

Eurasian Spoonbill | Svetlana Medvedeva | 7

Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 7

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Inna Shchegolkova | 7

Peregrine Falcon | Tatiana Cherkasova | 7

Common Cuckoo | Tatiana Cherkasova | 7

Eurasian Whimbrel | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Curlew Sandpiper | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Siberian Rubythroat | Victor Volyanyuk | 7

Common Shelduck | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Red-rumped Swallow | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Great Cormorant | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Ortolan Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Tree Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Cattle Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Whiskered Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Menetries Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Levant Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Ruff | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Red-billed Chough | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Stonechat | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Whinchat | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Pied Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Spotted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Wood Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Canada Goose | Sergei Saveika | 7

Northern Wren | Sergei Saveika | 7

Common Tern | Sergei Saveika | 7

Barn Swallow | Sergei Saveika | 7

Citrine Wagtail | Sergei Saveika | 7

Bluethroat | Vadim Sinukhin | 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

Water Rail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Grey Wagtail | Vadim Ivushkin | 7

Long-eared Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 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

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 Stonechat | 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

Black-naped Oriole | Vladimir Matyushin | 7

Red-footed Falcon | Vladimir Maer | 7

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Siberian Rubythroat | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Pallid Harrier | Elena Bobachenko | 7