Best photos of the month, May 2026.

Short-eared Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Citrine Wagtail | Maxim Lanin | 14

Levant Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Barn Swallow | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Tree Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Black Stork | Oleg Sheremet | 13

Willow Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Tawny Owl | Natalia Savranska | 12

European Greenfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Mew Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Golden Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Osprey | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Greenish Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Sergei Saveika | 11

Wood Pigeon | Andrey Kudriavtsev | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Icterine Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Jack Snipe | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Little Tern | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Sedge Warbler | Irina Ortik | 11

Woodchat Shrike | Ihor Vietokhin | 11

Ortolan Bunting | Natalia Savranska | 11

Corncrake | Natalia Savranska | 11

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Chiffchaff | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Northern Lapwing | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Hen Harrier | Andrey Semenov | 10

Gadwall | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Bean Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Wood Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Booted Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Terek Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Pied Flycatcher | Andrei Orekhov | 10

Common Oystercatcher | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Black-winged Stilt | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

Marsh Warbler | Natalia Savranska | 10

White-winged Tern | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Eurasian Golden Plover | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Northern Reed Bunting | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Tree Pipit | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Eurasian Bittern | Andrey Semenov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Andrey Semenov | 9

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 9

Sky Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 9

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Wood Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 9

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Sand Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hawfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Willow Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Hobby | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Northern Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Thrush Nightingale | Sergo Travelian | 9

Black-tailed Godwit | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Red-throated Pipit | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Citrine Wagtail (Western) | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Eurasian Whimbrel | Igor Samokhin | 9

European Turtle Dove | Igor Samokhin | 9

Black-tailed Godwit | Dmytro Melnyk | 9

Eurasian Roller | Natalia Savranska | 9

Booted Eagle | Natalia Savranska | 9

Cetti's Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Common Tern | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Osprey | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Little Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Hen Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Eurasian Golden Plover | Galina Katanova | 8

Water Rail | Andrey Semenov | 8

Sedge Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 8

Red-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Caspian Tern | Andrei Petrov | 8

European Bee-eater | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 8

Common Cuckoo | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 8

Grey Partridge | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 8

Little Owl | Andrew Simon | 8

Citrine Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 8

White Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Crane | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Oystercatcher | Sergei Saveika | 8

Savi's Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Sergo Travelian | 8

Common Cuckoo | Sergo Travelian | 8

Ruddy Shelduck | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Osprey | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Grey Partridge | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Black Tern | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Tree Pipit | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Savi's Warbler | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Common Stonechat | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Sedge Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Common Kingfisher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Eurasian Redstart | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Pied Flycatcher | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Common Oystercatcher | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Sedge Warbler | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Black-winged Stilt | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Wood Sandpiper | Igor Samokhin | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Dmytro Melnyk | 8