Best photos of the month, May 2025.

European Nightjar | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 13

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Yellow Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Tawny Owl | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 12

Great Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Purple Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandr Balaev | 11

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Hobby | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Corncrake | Vadim Sinukhin | 11

Common Kingfisher | Sergo Travelian | 11

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 10

European Serin | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Eurasian Whimbrel | Vitaliy Butko | 10

Red-throated Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Squacco Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 10

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 10

White-tailed Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Rosy Starling | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Little Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Whimbrel | Viktor Sevidov | 10

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktor Sevidov | 10

White Stork | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Short-eared Owl | Galina Katanova | 9

Tawny Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black-headed Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hoopoe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Crested Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Sedge Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Rosefinch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Nightingale | Viktor Sevidov | 9

Black-crowned Night Heron | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Whinchat | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Red-Necked Grebe | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Terek Sandpiper | Sergey Shursha | 8

Little Tern | Sergey Shursha | 8

Booted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Northern Black Grouse | Galina Katanova | 8

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 8

Citrine Wagtail | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Common Chiffchaff | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Little Stint | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Little Bittern | Vitaliy Butko | 8

White-winged Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Little Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Griffon Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lammergeier | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Alpine Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Thrush Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Curlew Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Little Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Great White Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Greater Flamingo | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Jay | Sergei Saveika | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Sergei Saveika | 8

Goosander | Sergei Saveika | 8

European Turtle Dove | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Spanish Sparrow | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Barred Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 8

Collared Flycatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Woodchat Shrike | Igor Samokhin | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Arctic Tern | Sergey Shursha | 7

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 7

White Stork | Mikhail Kalagin | 7

Eurasian Whimbrel | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Curlew Sandpiper | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Common Shelduck | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Red-rumped Swallow | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Great Cormorant | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Ortolan Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Tree Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Cattle Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Kentish Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Canada Goose | Sergei Saveika | 7

Northern Wren | Sergei Saveika | 7

Common Tern | Sergei Saveika | 7

Barn Swallow | Sergei Saveika | 7

Bluethroat | Vadim Sinukhin | 7

Eurasian Jay | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Great Reed Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Igor Samokhin | 7

Peregrine Falcon | Igor Samokhin | 7

Spanish Sparrow | Igor Samokhin | 7

Common Nightingale | Viktor Sevidov | 7