Best photos of the month, March 2025.

White-crowned Sparrow | Andrey Fedotov | 20

Ural Owl | Mike McRushin | 20

Rock Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Snow Bunting | Anatolii Khodakov | 18

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Ivan Borovkov | 17

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Vladimir Kulikov | 17

Ural Owl | Ekaterina Belova | 17

Black Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Long-eared Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Eurasian Dipper | Olga Nemezhikova | 16

Yellowhammer | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 15

Willow Ptarmigan | Andrey Semenov | 15

Steller's Eider | Andrey Semenov | 15

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 15

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 15

Ferruginous Duck | Andrey Vyalkov | 14

Sky Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Purple Sandpiper | Andrey Semenov | 14

Red-rumped Swallow | Vitaliy Butko | 14

Common Kestrel | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Pankratov | 14

Snow Bunting | Nina Shteinbrenner | 14

Ural Owl | Ekaterina Belova | 14

Chinese Nuthatch | Andrey Vyalkov | 13

Daurian Redstart | Andrey Vyalkov | 13

Rock Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Tree Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Short-eared Owl | Alexander Liseenko | 13

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 13

King Eider | Andrey Semenov | 13

Red-breasted Merganser | Andrey Semenov | 13

Long-tailed Duck | Andrey Semenov | 13

Common Eider | Andrey Semenov | 13

Siberian Tit | Andrey Semenov | 13

Snow Bunting | Maxim Lanin | 13

Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch | Grigory Ivannikov | 13

Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Ivan Borovkov | 13

Northern Goshawk | Vladimir Matyushin | 13

Western Barn Owl | Igor Sikorsky | 13

Northern Wheatear | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Stock Pigeon | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Common Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Snow Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Common Teal | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Northern Reed Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 13

Azure Tit | Aleksey Bolshakov | 13

King Eider | Andrey Semenov | 13

Sandhill Crane | Dmitry Korobov | 12

Spotted Redshank | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Little Ringed Plover | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Sky Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

White-naped Crane | Konstantin Tuchin | 12

Steller's Sea-eagle | Andrey Fedotov | 12

Pine Grosbeak | Andrey Semenov | 12

Tufted Duck | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 12

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Azure Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Western Marsh-Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Barnacle Goose | Sergei Saveika | 12

Common Teal | Sergei Saveika | 12

Ruddy Shelduck | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Snowy Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 12

Crested Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Snipe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Black Kite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

House Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Chaffinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Great Grey Shrike | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Yellowhammer | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Hoopoe | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Common Teal | Andrey Fedotov | 11

Northern Lapwing | Andrey Fedotov | 11

Common Pochard | Andrey Fedotov | 11

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 11

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 11

Iceland Gull | Andrey Semenov | 11

Black Scoter | Andrey Semenov | 11

European Shag | Andrey Semenov | 11

Black Guillemot | Andrey Semenov | 11

Oriental Stork | Inna Shchegolkova | 11

Bluethroat | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 11

Little Ringed Plover | Vitaliy Butko | 11

Common Stonechat | Vitaliy Butko | 11

White-Backed Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Greater White-fronted Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Bean Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Azure-winged Magpie | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Ural Owl | Ekaterina Belova | 11

Ural Owl | Mike McRushin | 11

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 11

Dusky Thrush | Grigory Ivannikov | 11

Chinese Grey Shrike | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Kentish Plover | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Teal | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Black-legged Kittiwake | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Wood Lark | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Golden Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Lapland Longspur | Irina Malykina | 10

Common Coot | Andrey Fedotov | 10

Eurasian Magpie | Galina Katanova | 10

Ural Owl | Galina Katanova | 10

Eurasian Linnet | Andrey Semenov | 10

Chinese Nuthatch | Denis Kochetkov | 10

Hawfinch | Grigory Ivannikov | 10

Northern Shoveler | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 10

Smew | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 10

Smew | Andrei Petrov | 10

Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 10

Eurasian Spoonbill | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 10

Northern Shoveler | Igor Sikorsky | 10

Great Grey Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Bohemian Waxwing | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Chaffinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Starling | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Blackbird | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Caspian Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Great White Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 10

White Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Whooper Swan | Sergei Saveika | 10

Northern Wren | Vadim Sinukhin | 10

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Vladimir Kuzmin | 10

Merlin | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Rook | Vjacheslav Liutin | 10

Baikal Bullfinch | Andrey Borodkin | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Vasily Stashiba | 10

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 10

Snowy Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 10

Ural Owl | Mike McRushin | 10

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 10

Chinese Nuthatch | Denis Kochetkov | 10

Ferruginous Duck | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Cinereous Vulture | Konstantin Tuchin | 9

Eurasian Wigeon | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Hen Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Greater White-fronted Goose | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Greater White-fronted Goose | Olga Vasik | 9

Chinese Nuthatch | Olga Vasik | 9

Yellow-throated Bunting | Irina Malykina | 9

Common Pheasant | Andrey Fedotov | 9

Falcated Duck | Andrey Fedotov | 9

Northern Hazelhen | Dmitry Belyaev | 9

Common Raven | Galina Katanova | 9

Hooded Crow | Galina Katanova | 9

Great Black-backed Gull | Andrey Semenov | 9

Eurasian Woodcock | Andrey Semenov | 9

Western Capercaillie | Andrey Semenov | 9

Northern Goshawk | Anatolii Khodakov | 9

Mallard | Maxim Lanin | 9

Dusky Thrush | Grigory Ivannikov | 9

Common Redpoll | Grigory Ivannikov | 9

Eurasian Wigeon | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 9

Naumann's Thrush | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 9

Common Teal | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 9

Great Black-backed Gull | Andrei Petrov | 9

Eurasian Siskin | Andrei Petrov | 9

Kentish Plover | Larisa Kuznetsova | 9

Tufted Duck | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Olga Borisova | 9

Northern Pintail | Olga Borisova | 9

Northern Shoveler | Tatiana Cherkasova | 9

Eurasian Wigeon | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Eurasian Magpie | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Treecreeper | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Nuthatch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hen Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Wigeon | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Northern Pintail | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Wood Pigeon | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Goosander | Sergei Saveika | 9

Greylag Goose | Sergei Saveika | 9

Long-tailed Tit | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Pankratov | 9

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Vladimir Pankratov | 9

Masked Wagtail | Vladimir Pankratov | 9

Azure Tit | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 9

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 9

White-winged Crossbill | Vladimir Kuzmin | 9

Merlin | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Western Capercaillie | Tatiana Semenova | 9

Chinese Nuthatch | Olga Vasik | 9

Common Teal | Andrey Fedotov | 9

Common Eider | Andrey Semenov | 9

Eurasian Spoonbill | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 9

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 9

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 9

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 9

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Solomatin | 9