Best photos of the month, January 2025.

Boreal Owl | Yaroslav Burmatov | 19

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 17

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Oleg Katugin | 17

Blue Rock Thrush | Andrey Vyalkov | 16

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Konstantin Tuchin | 16

Solitary Snipe | Yuriy Tsygankov | 16

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Oriental Turtle Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Asian Rosy-Finch | Vadim Ivushkin | 16

Great Grey Owl | Yurii Grigorev | 16

Lammergeier | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

White-winged Snowfinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 15

Peregrine Falcon | Andrey Vyalkov | 14

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Grey-headed Swamphen | Andrey Semenov | 14

Red-billed Chough | Andrey Semenov | 14

Golden Eagle | Andrei Petrov | 14

Ural Owl | Tatiana Cherkasova | 14

Dusky Thrush | Yuriy Tsygankov | 14

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 14

Black-throated Thrush | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Northern Hawk Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Northern Wren | Andrey Vyalkov | 13

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Dunnock | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Collared Dove | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Azure Tit | Olga Vasik | 13

Alpine Accentor | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 13

Firecrest | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Long-eared Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Snowy Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 13

Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Kuzmin | 13

Glaucous-winged Gull | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Siberian Accentor | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Grey-capped Woodpecker | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Eurasian Jay | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Alpine Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Common Kestrel | Konstantin Tuchin | 12

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Kingfisher | Andrey Semenov | 12

Griffon Vulture | Andrey Semenov | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Andrey Semenov | 12

Asian Rosy-Finch | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 12

Ural Owl | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 12

Hen Harrier | Olga Borisova | 12

Red-crested Pochard | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 12

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Upland Buzzard | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 12

Peregrine Falcon | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Little Bunting | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

European Greenfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Fieldfare | Andrey Semenov | 11

Yellowhammer | Andrey Semenov | 11

Snow Bunting | Anatolii Khodakov | 11

Crested Tit | Vladislav Iopek | 11

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrei Petrov | 11

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Inna Shchegolkova | 11

Hill Pigeon | Olga Borisova | 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

Fieldfare | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Eurasian Linnet | Alexandr Kochetkov | 11

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Denis Voronov | 11

Northern Grey Shrike | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Great Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Blue Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Treecreeper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | 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

Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Lammergeier | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Chukar Partridge | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Japanese Waxwing | Alexander Rogal' | 10

Blue Tit | Galina Katanova | 10

Lammergeier | Andrey Semenov | 10

Cinereous Vulture | Andrey Semenov | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 10

Steller's Sea-eagle | Elena Barkanova | 10

Willow Tit | Andrei Petrov | 10

Meadow Bunting | Inna Shchegolkova | 10

Barnacle Goose | Dmitry Erokhin | 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

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Bean Goose | Vladimir Pankratov | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Ural Owl | Marina Borovskaya | 10

Merlin | Pavel Karplyuk | 10

Brandt's Rosefinch | Alexandr Kochetkov | 10

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Oleg Katugin | 10

Ural Owl | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 10

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 10

Golden Eagle | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Snow Bunting | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Meadow Bunting | 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

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Blue Tit | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Goldcrest | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Chukar Partridge | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Harlequin Duck | Andrey Fedotov | 9

Meadow Bunting | Andrey Fedotov | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Katanova | 9

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 9

Bearded Tit | Andrey Semenov | 9

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Andrey Semenov | 9

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Semenov | 9

Northern Black Grouse | Andrey Semenov | 9

Northern Goshawk | Anatolii Khodakov | 9

Eurasian Dipper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Common Goldeneye | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Blue Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Whooper Swan | Andrei Petrov | 9

Blue Tit | Andrei Petrov | 9

Cinereous Vulture | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Snow Bunting | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Great Rosefinch | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 9

Black Woodpecker | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

Goldcrest | Yuriy Tsygankov | 9

Blue Tit | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Mistle Thrush | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Little Grebe | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Yelkouan Shearwater | 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

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Redpoll | Sergei Saveika | 9

Mandarin Duck | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Snowy Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 9

Siberian Tit | Alexander Popov | 9

Peregrine Falcon | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Merlin | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

Northern Hawk Owl | Yuriy Tsygankov | 9