Best photos of the month, December 2020.

Western Capercaillie | Nadia Goncharova | 32

Snowy Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 31

Northern Goshawk | Grigory Khasanov | 29

Black-crowned Night Heron | Svetlana Medvedeva | 27

Water Rail | Svetlana Medvedeva | 26

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 24

Fieldfare | Anna Golubeva | 24

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 24

Eurasian Blackbird | Anna Golubeva | 22

Ural Owl | Maxim Lanin | 22

Harlequin Duck | Dmitry Osipov | 22

Goldcrest | Anna Golubeva | 21

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 21

White-Backed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 20

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 20

Common Kingfisher | Elena Shvydun | 20

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Nadia Goncharova | 20

Red Crossbill | Alexandr Kochetkov | 20

Red Crossbill | Denis Voronov | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 19

Red Crossbill | Alexandr Kochetkov | 19

Red Crossbill | Denis Voronov | 19

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 18

Northern Wren | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 18

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Gennady Kolotin | 18

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Northern Wren | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Leonid Shurov | 18

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 18

Common Redpoll | Elena Shvydun | 18

Snow Bunting | Grigory Khasanov | 18

Eurasian Nuthatch | Anna Golubeva | 17

Whooper Swan | Alexei Ebel | 17

Northern Hawk Owl | Gennady Kolotin | 16

Velvet Scoter | Andrey Semenov | 16

Ural Owl | Maxim Lanin | 16

Rough-legged Buzzard | Max Logunov | 16

Northern Wren | Elena Shvydun | 16

Rough-legged Buzzard | Grigory Khasanov | 16

Red Crossbill | Denis Voronov | 16