Best photos of the month, May 2025.

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 11

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 8

Common Snipe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 7

Marsh Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Whinchat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Northern Lapwing | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Icterine Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Common Buzzard | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Corncrake | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Snipe | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Thrush Nightingale | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Sedge Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Willow Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Green Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Oystercatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Thrush Nightingale | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Stonechat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Northern Black Grouse | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Snipe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Tern | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Whinchat | Maksim Volkov | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Maksim Volkov | 3

Greater White-fronted Goose | Maksim Volkov | 3

Northern Wheatear | Maksim Volkov | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Northern Wheatear | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Tufted Duck | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Short-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Red-crested Pochard | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Northern Pintail | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Chiffchaff | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Pied Wheatear | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Rosefinch | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Wood Pigeon | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Willow Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Rosefinch | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Hen Harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Chaffinch | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Black-headed Gull | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Common Raven | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Black-headed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Garganey | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Common Teal | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Garden Warbler | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Pied Flycatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Redshank | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Northern Reed Bunting | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Black-Necked Grebe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Great Crested Grebe | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Mistle Thrush | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Eurasian Wigeon | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Coot | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Cuckoo | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

White-winged Tern | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Crane | Maksim Volkov | 2

Common Stonechat | Maksim Volkov | 2

Baraba Steppe Gull | Maksim Volkov | 2

Barn Swallow | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Little Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Black Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Paddyfield Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Lesser Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greenish Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Pied Flycatcher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Grey Heron | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Willow Ptarmigan | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Red-breasted Merganser | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Sand Martin | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Red-crested Pochard | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Black Kite | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Barn Swallow | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Temminck's Stint | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greater White-fronted Goose | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Eurasian Linnet | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Tree Pipit | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Temminck's Stint | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Fieldfare | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Tree Pipit | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Common Tern | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Common Rosefinch | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Greenish Warbler | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Booted Warbler | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Willow Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Pied Flycatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Oystercatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Dalmatian Pelican | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Western Capercaillie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Paddyfield Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Short-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Dalmatian Pelican | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Raven | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Black Kite | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Common Whitethroat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Lesser Whitethroat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Great Cormorant | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Eurasian Wryneck | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Sand Martin | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Northern Wheatear | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Red-footed Falcon | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Garden Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Spotted Flycatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Whooper Swan | Maksim Volkov | 1

Tufted Duck | Maksim Volkov | 1

Tree Pipit | Maksim Volkov | 1

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Northern Lapwing | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Little Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pallid Harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Terek Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Little Stint | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Great Reed Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black-headed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 1

Great Crested Grebe | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Wigeon | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Pied Flycatcher | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Northern Hazelhen | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Greenshank | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Redstart | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Lesser Whitethroat | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Eurasian Wryneck | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Sand Martin | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

White-winged Tern | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 1

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Northern Lapwing | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pallid Harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Sand Martin | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pallid Harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black Kite | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pied Wheatear | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Hen Harrier | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Paddyfield Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black-headed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 1

Eurasian Redstart | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Long-eared Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 1

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladimir Kuzmin | 1