Best photos of the month, May 2025.

European Nightjar | Alexandr Balaev | 17

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Balaev | 17

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Viktor Sevidov | 15

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Barred Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 14

Tawny Owl | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Corncrake | Andrey Mis\'kov | 14

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Great Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Yellow Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 13

European Serin | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 13

Booted Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 13

Eurasian Hobby | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Little Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Booted Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Corncrake | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Common Whitethroat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 12

River Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Thrush Nightingale | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Purple Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Balaev | 12

White-tailed Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandr Balaev | 12

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Horned Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Black-eared Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktor Sevidov | 12

Common Rosefinch | Sergo Travelian | 12

Common Quail | Oksana Makhovska | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 12

Steppe Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Spotted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Common Rosefinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Black Redstart | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Black-winged Stilt | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Barred Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 11

European Serin | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Eurasian Whimbrel | Vitaliy Butko | 11

Red-throated Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Squacco Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 11

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Rosy Starling | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Rosefinch | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Blue Rock Thrush | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Northern House Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Shelduck | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Kingfisher | Sergo Travelian | 11

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Marsh Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

White Stork | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Swift | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Corncrake | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Dunlin | Andrei Kiselev | 10

European Bee-eater | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Garden Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Black Kite | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Northern Wheatear | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Short-eared Owl | Galina Katanova | 10

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 10

Corn Bunting | Andrey Semenov | 10

European Bee-eater | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Tawny Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black-headed Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Hoopoe | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Crested Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Sedge Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Greater Flamingo | Alexandr Balaev | 10

River Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Great Reed Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black-headed Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-crested Pochard | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Nightingale | Viktor Sevidov | 10

Eurasian Whimbrel | Viktor Sevidov | 10

Common Kestrel | Viktor Sevidov | 10

Long-eared Owl | Sergo Travelian | 10

Common Quail | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

European Nightjar | Egor Loboda | 10

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Whinchat | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-Necked Grebe | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Terek Sandpiper | Sergey Shursha | 9

Little Tern | Sergey Shursha | 9

Green Leaf-Warbler | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Northern Black Grouse | Galina Katanova | 9

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 9

Bean Goose | Galina Katanova | 9

Montagu's Harrier | Andrey Semenov | 9

Citrine Wagtail | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Common Chiffchaff | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Common Quail | Svetlana Medvedeva | 9

Demoiselle Crane | Svetlana Medvedeva | 9

Little Stint | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 9

Little Bittern | Vitaliy Butko | 9

European Bee-eater | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Icterine Warbler | Konstantin Farniev | 9

White-winged Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Little Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Griffon Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Lammergeier | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Alpine Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Thrush Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Curlew Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Little Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Great White Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Kentish Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Redstart | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Montagu's Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black-tailed Godwit | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Stonechat | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Spotted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Corn Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Icterine Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Jay | Sergei Saveika | 9

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Sergei Saveika | 9

Goosander | Sergei Saveika | 9

Common Sandpiper | Sergei Saveika | 9

Calandra Lark | Viktor Sevidov | 9

Pygmy Cormorant | Olha Lavrenchuk | 9

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Sergo Travelian | 9

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Natalia Honcharyk | 9

Whiskered Tern | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Black-crowned Night Heron | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Woodchat Shrike | Igor Samokhin | 9

Pied Wheatear | Igor Samokhin | 9

Slender-billed Gull | Igor Samokhin | 9

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Whiskered Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Grey Heron | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Marsh Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Whooper Swan | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Arctic Tern | Sergey Shursha | 8

Booted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Short-eared Owl | Galina Katanova | 8

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Semenov | 8

Marsh Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 8

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 8

Osprey | Andrey Semenov | 8

White Stork | Mikhail Kalagin | 8

Yellow Wagtail | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Tree Pipit | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Little Egret | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Eurasian Spoonbill | Svetlana Medvedeva | 8

Eurasian Whimbrel | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Curlew Sandpiper | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Common Shelduck | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Red-rumped Swallow | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Lesser Grey Shrike | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Song Thrush | Konstantin Farniev | 8

Great Cormorant | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Ortolan Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Tree Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Cattle Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Whiskered Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Menetries Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Levant Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Ruff | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Red-billed Chough | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Whinchat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lesser Grey Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Pied Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Wood Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Wren | Sergei Saveika | 8

Common Tern | Sergei Saveika | 8

Barn Swallow | Sergei Saveika | 8

Great Reed Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 8

Citrine Wagtail | Sergei Saveika | 8

Bluethroat | Vadim Sinukhin | 8

European Turtle Dove | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Spanish Sparrow | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Sky Lark | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Barred Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 8

Collared Flycatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Sand Martin | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Sedge Warbler | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Black Tern | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Black Redstart | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Ortolan Bunting | Ihor Vietokhin | 8

Eurasian Wryneck | Ihor Vietokhin | 8

Pied Wheatear | Ihor Vietokhin | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Ihor Vietokhin | 8

Firecrest | Maya Studzinska | 8

Spanish Sparrow | Igor Samokhin | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Igor Samokhin | 8

Black-crowned Night Heron | Alina Rozhkova | 8

Greylag Goose | Alina Rozhkova | 8

Griffon Vulture | Anna Zamaieva | 8

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Viktor Sevidov | 8

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Common Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Tree Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Mew Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Northern Lapwing | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Common Kestrel | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Little Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Sedge Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Rook | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Booted Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Bewick's Swan | Sergey Shursha | 7

Bewick's Swan | Sergey Shursha | 7

Common Oystercatcher | Sergey Shursha | 7

Greater Ringed Plover | Sergey Shursha | 7

Eurasian Crag Martin | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Red Crossbill | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Common Greenshank | Galina Katanova | 7

Common Sandpiper | Galina Katanova | 7

Common Sandpiper | Galina Katanova | 7

Bean Goose | Galina Katanova | 7

Lapland Longspur | Galina Katanova | 7

Common Teal | Galina Katanova | 7

Pallid Harrier | Galina Katanova | 7

Ruff | Andrey Semenov | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Semenov | 7

Thrush Nightingale | Andrey Semenov | 7

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrey Semenov | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Andrey Semenov | 7

Common Rosefinch | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Common Cuckoo | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Bluethroat | Alexandr Lyubimov | 7

Common Pochard | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Blackcap | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Bar-tailed Godwit | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Greater Ringed Plover | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Squacco Heron | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Cattle Egret | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Ruff | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Ruddy Turnstone | Vitaliy Butko | 7

European Nightjar | Vitaliy Butko | 7

European Turtle Dove | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Curlew Sandpiper | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Cattle Egret | Vitaliy Butko | 7

European Bee-eater | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Black-headed Bunting | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Black-crowned Night Heron | Vladimir Stramnoy | 7

Common Moorhen | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Sand Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Rock Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Blackcap | Marina Torgashova | 7

Canada Goose | Sergei Saveika | 7

Gadwall | Vadim Sinukhin | 7

Eurasian Jay | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Great Reed Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Garden Warbler | Irina Ortik | 7

Osprey | Irina Ortik | 7

European Nightjar | Ihor Vietokhin | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Igor Samokhin | 7

Peregrine Falcon | Igor Samokhin | 7

Eurasian Roller | Igor Samokhin | 7

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Igor Samokhin | 7

Common Nightingale | Viktor Sevidov | 7