Best photos of the month, February 2026.

Alpine Accentor | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Black-crowned Night Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Eurasian Blackbird | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Pygmy Cormorant | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Blue Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Black Redstart | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Pygmy Cormorant | Oleg Sheremet | 12

Common Pheasant | Andrey Mis\'kov | 12

Horned Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Eurasian Linnet | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Pheasant | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Marsh Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Blue Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Blue Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Water Rail | Vladislav Iopek | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Northern Goshawk | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Pygmy Cormorant | Igor Samokhin | 11

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Water Rail | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Northern Pintail | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Wigeon | Dmitriy Solomatin | 10

Tawny Owl | Oleg Martsun | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Marsh Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Coal Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Great White Egret | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Eurasian Jay | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Chukar Partridge | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Mew Gull | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Brambling | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Jackdaw | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Smew | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Coal Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Northern Goshawk | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Northern Pintail | Egor Loboda | 9

Pygmy Cormorant | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Goosander | Elena Koval | 8

White-Backed Woodpecker | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Common Goldeneye | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Goosander | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | mixail krjukov | 8

Common Buzzard | Oleg Sheremet | 8

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Great Cormorant | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Brambling | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Herring Gull | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Common Coot | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Marsh Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Barnacle Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Eurasian Jay | Sergei Saveika | 7

Common Goldeneye | Sergo Travelian | 7

Red-crested Pochard | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Whooper Swan | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Grey Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Common Buzzard | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Mallard | Andrey Mis\'kov | 7

Rook | Andrey Mis\'kov | 7

Pygmy Cormorant | Egor Loboda | 7

Great Cormorant | Egor Loboda | 7

Eurasian Curlew | Ihor Vietokhin | 7

Smew | Ihor Vietokhin | 7

Pygmy Cormorant | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7