Best photos of the month, January 2025.

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 17

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Great Grey Owl | Yurii Grigorev | 16

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Oleg Katugin | 16

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Konstantin Tuchin | 15

Solitary Snipe | Yuriy Tsygankov | 15

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Asian Rosy-Finch | Vadim Ivushkin | 15

Ural Owl | Tatiana Cherkasova | 14

Black-throated Thrush | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Dunnock | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Lammergeier | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Azure Tit | Olga Vasik | 13

Grey-headed Swamphen | Andrey Semenov | 13

Golden Eagle | Andrei Petrov | 13

Dusky Thrush | Yuriy Tsygankov | 13

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 13

Firecrest | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Northern Hawk Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Great Rosefinch | Vadim Ivushkin | 13

Boreal Owl | Yaroslav Burmatov | 13

White-winged Snowfinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 13

Eurasian Jay | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Common Kestrel | Konstantin Tuchin | 12

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Red-billed Chough | Andrey Semenov | 12

Griffon Vulture | Andrey Semenov | 12

Alpine Accentor | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 12

Hen Harrier | Olga Borisova | 12

Red-crested Pochard | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Long-eared Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Snowy Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 12

Siberian Accentor | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Northern Wren | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Peregrine Falcon | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Eurasian Collared Dove | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

European Greenfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Common Kingfisher | Andrey Semenov | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Andrey Semenov | 11

Yellowhammer | Andrey Semenov | 11

Snow Bunting | Anatolii Khodakov | 11

Crested Tit | Vladislav Iopek | 11

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrei Petrov | 11

Asian Rosy-Finch | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 11

Ural Owl | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 11

Eastern Buzzard | Olga Borisova | 11

Merlin | Vladimir Matyushin | 11

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Kingfisher | Sergei Saveika | 11

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 11

Fieldfare | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Glaucous-winged Gull | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Great Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Blue Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Treecreeper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Alpine Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Tree Sparrow | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Goldcrest | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Blue Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Hawfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Goosander | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Lammergeier | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Chukar Partridge | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Lammergeier | Andrey Semenov | 10

Cinereous Vulture | Andrey Semenov | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 10

Fieldfare | Andrey Semenov | 10

Willow Tit | Andrei Petrov | 10

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Inna Shchegolkova | 10

Hill Pigeon | Olga Borisova | 10

Long-legged Buzzard | Igor Sikorsky | 10

Blue Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Goosander | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Upland Buzzard | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Merlin | Pavel Karplyuk | 10

Eurasian Linnet | Alexandr Kochetkov | 10

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 10

Ural Owl | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 10

Golden Eagle | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Northern Grey Shrike | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Grey-capped Woodpecker | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Rook | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Little Grebe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Coal Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Eurasian Magpie | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Cinereous Vulture | Konstantin Tuchin | 9

Coal Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Willow Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

White-Backed Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Chaffinch | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Blue Tit | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Goldcrest | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Bearded Tit | Andrey Semenov | 9

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Semenov | 9

Northern Black Grouse | Andrey Semenov | 9

Northern Goshawk | Anatolii Khodakov | 9

Steller's Sea-eagle | Elena Barkanova | 9

Blue Tit | Andrei Petrov | 9

Cinereous Vulture | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Meadow Bunting | Inna Shchegolkova | 9

Black Woodpecker | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

Goldcrest | Yuriy Tsygankov | 9

Blue Tit | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Mistle Thrush | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Willow Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Fieldfare | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Coal Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Spotted Nutcracker | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Sky Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Redpoll | Sergei Saveika | 9

Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Kuzmin | 9

Brandt's Rosefinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 9

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Oleg Katugin | 9

Merlin | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 9

Siberian Accentor | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Brown Dipper | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch | Andrey Vyalkov | 8

Hooded Crow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Rock Pigeon | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Lammergeier | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Eurasian Jay | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Mistle Thrush | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Chukar Partridge | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Japanese Waxwing | Alexander Rogal' | 8

Eastern Buzzard | Alexander Rogal' | 8

Harlequin Duck | Andrey Fedotov | 8

Meadow Bunting | Andrey Fedotov | 8

Blue Tit | Galina Katanova | 8

Great Grey Shrike | Andrey Semenov | 8

Pygmy Cormorant | Andrey Semenov | 8

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Andrey Semenov | 8

Crested Lark | Andrey Semenov | 8

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 8

Steppe Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 8

Eurasian Siskin | Andrey Semenov | 8

European Greenfinch | Andrey Semenov | 8

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 8

Common Goldeneye | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Blue Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Whooper Swan | Andrei Petrov | 8

Common Buzzard | Andrei Petrov | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Petrov | 8

Mallard | Andrei Petrov | 8

Spectacled Guillemot | Larisa Kuznetsova | 8

Snow Bunting | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 8

Eastern Buzzard | Olga Borisova | 8

Barnacle Goose | Dmitry Erokhin | 8

Arctic Loon | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 8

Siberian Accentor | Olga Ioffe | 8

Long-tailed Tit | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Great Crested Grebe | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Pygmy Cormorant | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Little Grebe | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Eurasian Jay | Alexandr Balaev | 8

European Greenfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Greylag Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Pochard | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Red Crossbill | Sergei Saveika | 8

Great White Egret | Vadim Sinukhin | 8

Snowy Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 8

Azure Tit | Denis Kochetkov | 8

Azure-winged Magpie | Denis Kochetkov | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Rough-legged Buzzard | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Rough-legged Buzzard | Nadejda Popova | 8

Eurasian Nuthatch | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 8

White-Backed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Eurasian Dipper | Olga Fattakhova | 8

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Denis Voronov | 8

Siberian Tit | Alexander Popov | 8

Saker Falcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8