Best photos of the month, September 2025.

Common Quail | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Water Rail | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Common Kestrel | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Cattle Egret | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Greater Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Crested Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Laughing Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Western Marsh-Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Terek Sandpiper | Sergei Saveika | 15

Osprey | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Common Kingfisher | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Eurasian Golden Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Canada Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Water Rail | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Common Pheasant | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Hoopoe | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Hen Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Sanderling | Sergei Saveika | 14

Common Kingfisher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Common Kingfisher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Dunlin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Common Cuckoo | Alexander Liseenko | 13

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Sedge Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 13

European Turtle Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 13

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Crested Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Red-necked Phalarope | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Pallid Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Firecrest | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Greater Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

European Robin | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Northern Wren | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Great Grey Shrike | Andrei Petrov | 12

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Tree Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Red-throated Pipit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Spotted Crake | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Levant Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Ruddy Turnstone | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Eurasian Rock Pipit | Sergei Saveika | 12

Ruddy Turnstone | Sergei Saveika | 12

European Bee-eater | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Cattle Egret | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Grey Heron | Vladislav Iopek | 11

Cattle Egret | Konstantin Farniev | 11

Brambling | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Hawfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black-winged Stilt | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Sandwich Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Little Ringed Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Greater Ringed Plover | Sergei Saveika | 11

Grey Plover | Sergei Saveika | 11

Common Redshank | Sergei Saveika | 11

Little Grebe | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Common Moorhen | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Red-throated Pipit | Oksana Makhovska | 11

Eurasian Rock Pipit | Sergei Saveika | 11

Tree Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Slavonian Grebe | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Spotted Nutcracker | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Rook | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Crested Lark | Alexandr Lyubimov | 10

Spanish Sparrow | Svetlana Medvedeva | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Slender-billed Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Bearded Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Whiskered Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Stonechat | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Purple Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-necked Phalarope | Sergei Saveika | 10

Ruff | Sergei Saveika | 10

Dunlin | Sergei Saveika | 10

Purple Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Red-crested Pochard | Oksana Makhovska | 10

Black-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Lyubimov | 9

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 9

Little Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Moorhen | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Willow Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 9

Eurasian Golden Plover | Sergei Saveika | 9

Little Stint | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrei Orekhov | 9

Crested Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Osprey | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Great White Egret | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Natalia Honcharyk | 9

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Dunnock | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Eurasian Redstart | Igor Shcherbakov | 8

Wood Lark | Elena Koval | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Brambling | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Greater Scaup | Andrei Petrov | 8

Great Cormorant | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Ruff | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Wood Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Sergei Saveika | 8

Common Snipe | Sergei Saveika | 8

Sanderling | Vadim Sinukhin | 8

Booted Eagle | Nikolai Zmievskiy | 8

Willow Tit | Andrei Orekhov | 8

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrei Orekhov | 8

Little Stint | Oleg Martsun | 8

Osprey | Natalia Honcharyk | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Natalia Honcharyk | 8

Red-Necked Grebe | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Osprey | Natalia Honcharyk | 8

Osprey | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8