Best photos of the month, December 2020.

Water Rail | Svetlana Medvedeva | 26

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 24

Fieldfare | Anna Golubeva | 24

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 24

Eurasian Blackbird | Anna Golubeva | 22

Ural Owl | Maxim Lanin | 22

Harlequin Duck | Dmitry Osipov | 22

Great Bustard | Andrey Mis\'kov | 22

Goldcrest | Anna Golubeva | 21

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 21

Northern Goshawk | Viktor Sevidov | 21

White-Backed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 20

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 20

Common Kingfisher | Elena Shvydun | 20

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 20

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 19

Northern Goshawk | Viktor Sevidov | 19

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 18

Northern Wren | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 18

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Gennady Kolotin | 18

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Northern Wren | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Leonid Shurov | 18

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 18

Common Redpoll | Elena Shvydun | 18

Common Buzzard | Viktor Sevidov | 18

Common Buzzard | Viktor Sevidov | 18

Velvet Scoter | Dmytro Petrychenko | 18

Eurasian Nuthatch | Anna Golubeva | 17

Northern Hawk Owl | Gennady Kolotin | 16

Velvet Scoter | Andrey Semenov | 16

Ural Owl | Maxim Lanin | 16

Northern Wren | Elena Shvydun | 16

Goosander | Viktor Sevidov | 16

Common Buzzard | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 15

Spanish Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Northern Reed Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Common Teal | Svetlana Medvedeva | 15

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Dmitrij Andreev | 15

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Leonid Shurov | 15

Bohemian Waxwing | Elena Shvydun | 15

Bohemian Waxwing | Elena Shvydun | 15

Great Cormorant | Alexey Sizov | 15

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktor Sevidov | 15

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Coal Tit | Anna Golubeva | 14

Common Treecreeper | Anna Golubeva | 14

Rough-legged Buzzard | Gennady Kolotin | 14

Eurasian Wigeon | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Eurasian Wigeon | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Maxim Lanin | 14

Long-eared Owl | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Dmitrij Andreev | 14

Northern Bullfinch | Elena Shvydun | 14

Crested Tit | Elena Shvydun | 14

Common Redpoll | Elena Shvydun | 14

Northern Hawk Owl | Alexey Sizov | 14

Bohemian Waxwing | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Long-tailed Duck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Coal Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Eurasian Jay | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Long-eared Owl | Dmitrij Andreev | 13

Blue Tit | Leonid Shurov | 13

Common Redpoll | Michael Nevski | 13

Common Sparrowhawk | Michael Nevski | 13

Blue Tit | Elena Votinceva | 13

Harlequin Duck | Aleksey Nesmelov | 13

Pied Flycatcher | Mykola Moroz | 13

Common Kingfisher | Elena Shvydun | 13

Common Buzzard | Viktor Sevidov | 13

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 12

Grey Heron | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Whooper Swan | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Caspian Gull | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Long-tailed Duck | Marina Nikonorova | 12

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Dmitrij Andreev | 12

Great Cormorant | Alexey Sizov | 12

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Alexey Sizov | 12

Syrian Woodpecker | Tatyana Gvozdeva | 12

Peregrine Falcon | Sergo Travelian | 12

Pied Flycatcher | Mykola Moroz | 12

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 11

Rock Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Red-billed Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Long-legged Buzzard | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Eurasian Siskin | Elena Shvydun | 11

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Michael Nevski | 11

Crested Lark | Vitaliy Butko | 11

Little Egret | Vitaliy Butko | 11

Smew | Alexey Sizov | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Aleksey Nesmelov | 11

Rough-legged Buzzard | Andrew Simon | 11

Northern Wren | Sergo Travelian | 11

Corn Bunting | Family Kuzhel | 11

Northern Bullfinch | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Long-eared Owl | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Goosander | Viktor Sevidov | 11

Peregrine Falcon | Sergo Travelian | 11

Common Kingfisher | Elena Shvydun | 11