Best photos of the month, October 2025.

Common Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Red-breasted Merganser | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Common Kingfisher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Common Buzzard | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Northern Wren | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Brambling | Alexandr Balaev | 13

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Golden Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Northern Black Grouse | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Grey Partridge | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Black-Necked Grebe | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Common Stonechat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

European Robin | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Barnacle Goose | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Whooper Swan | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Arctic Loon | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Stonechat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Arctic Loon | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Northern Shoveler | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Mandarin Duck | Vladislav Iopek | 11

Eurasian Wigeon | Andrei Petrov | 11

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Tawny Owl | mixail krjukov | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Igor Shcherbakov | 10

Goldcrest | Andrei Kiselev | 10

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Northern Hazelhen | Igor Dvurekov | 10

Long-tailed Duck | Andrei Petrov | 10

Common Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Coal Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Tufted Duck | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-breasted Merganser | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Goldcrest | Marina Torgashova | 10

Red-Necked Grebe | Oksana Makhovska | 10

Slavonian Grebe | Oksana Makhovska | 10

Northern Wren | Evgeniy Sofronov | 9

Grey Plover | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Long-tailed Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Red-breasted Merganser | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Horned Lark | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Great White Egret | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Mute Swan | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Bewick's Swan | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Great Crested Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Slavonian Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Smew | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Caspian Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Mistle Thrush | Sergei Saveika | 9

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Sergei Saveika | 9

Barnacle Goose | Sergei Saveika | 9

Snow Bunting | Sergei Saveika | 9

Tawny Owl | mixail krjukov | 9

Common Pochard | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Evgeniy Sofronov | 8

Little Grebe | Vladislav Iopek | 8

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Red-breasted Merganser | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Common Eider | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Tufted Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Gadwall | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Snow Bunting | Igor Dvurekov | 8

White Wagtail | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Arctic Loon | Gleb Kirillov | 8

Long-eared Owl | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 8

Rook | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Whooper Swan | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Black-legged Kittiwake | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Reed Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Grey Heron | Sergei Saveika | 8

Arctic Loon | Vadim Sinukhin | 8

Common Starling | Andrei Orekhov | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Orekhov | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Red-throated Loon | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Red-throated Loon | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Greater Ringed Plover | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Grey Plover | Aleksandr Gontcharov | 7

Dunlin | Aleksandr Gontcharov | 7

Greater Ringed Plover | Aleksandr Gontcharov | 7

Grey Partridge | Evgeniy Sofronov | 7

Bewick's Swan | Andrey Semenov | 7

Grey Plover | Andrey Semenov | 7

Ruddy Shelduck | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Common Raven | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Common Eider | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Long-tailed Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Eurasian Wigeon | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Western Marsh-Harrier | Vitaliy Butko | 7

House Sparrow | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Ring-billed Gull | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Long-tailed Duck | Sergei Saveika | 7

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | mixail krjukov | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | mixail krjukov | 7

Long-tailed Tit | mixail krjukov | 7

White-Backed Woodpecker | mixail krjukov | 7

Common Coot | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Northern Goshawk | Andrey Mis\'kov | 7

Goldcrest | Andrey Mis\'kov | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Egor Loboda | 7