Best photos of the month, January 2021.

Gyrfalcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 39

Daurian Partridge | Olga Nemezhikova | 33

Short-eared Owl | Anna Golubeva | 31

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 30

Great Rosefinch | Konstantin Romanov | 30

Tawny Owl | Anna Golubeva | 28

Smew | Anna Golubeva | 27

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 27

Long-eared Owl | Anna Golubeva | 26

Northern Hawk Owl | Alexey Sizov | 26

Barnacle Goose | Anna Golubeva | 25

Northern Grey Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 25

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 25

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 25

Bearded Tit | Alexandr Kochetkov | 25

Willow Tit | Anna Golubeva | 24

Ural Owl | Andrey Vyalkov | 24

Northern Wren | Anna Golubeva | 23

Common Treecreeper | Anna Golubeva | 23

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Golubeva | 23

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrei Kiselev | 23

Eurasian Nuthatch | Anna Golubeva | 22

Hoary Redpoll | Anna Golubeva | 22

Black Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 22

Red Crossbill | Anna Golubeva | 22

White-winged Crossbill | Igor Dvurekov | 22

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Olga Nemezhikova | 22

Northern Goshawk | Anna Golubeva | 21

Bohemian Waxwing | Anna Golubeva | 21

Goldcrest | Anna Golubeva | 21

Red Crossbill | Anna Golubeva | 21

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 21

Gadwall | Anna Golubeva | 20

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Japanese White-eye | Irina Malykina | 20

Ural Owl | Igor Dvurekov | 20

Spotted Nutcracker | Elena Shvydun | 20

Common Sparrowhawk | Elena Shvydun | 20

Pére David's Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 20

Eurasian Dipper | Olga Nemezhikova | 20

Common Redpoll | Anna Golubeva | 19

European Greenfinch | Anna Golubeva | 19

Blue Tit | Anna Golubeva | 19

Iceland Gull | Anna Golubeva | 19

Black Kite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Iceland Gull | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 19

Yellowhammer | Anna Golubeva | 18

Common Redpoll | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Wigeon | Anna Golubeva | 18

Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch | Alexander Rogal' | 18

White-headed Duck | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Gadwall | Dmitrij Andreev | 18

Tawny Owl | Elena Shvydun | 18

Rough-legged Buzzard | Michael Nevski | 18

Water Rail | Alexey Sizov | 18

White-winged Crossbill | Dmitry Osipov | 18

White-Backed Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 18

Black-Billed Magpie | Anna Golubeva | 17

Goosander | Anna Golubeva | 17

Crested Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Blue Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 17

White-winged Crossbill | Igor Dvurekov | 17

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Svetlana Medvedeva | 17

Northern Bullfinch | Elena Shvydun | 17

Common Shelduck | Alexey Sizov | 17

White-headed Duck | Alexey Sizov | 17