Best photos of the month, May 2026.

Slavonian Grebe | Maxim Lanin | 16

Short-eared Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Black Stork | Oleg Sheremet | 15

Corncrake | Oleg Sheremet | 15

Levant Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Citrine Wagtail | Maxim Lanin | 14

Barn Swallow | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Tree Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Icterine Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Tawny Owl | Natalia Savranska | 13

Corncrake | Natalia Savranska | 13

European Greenfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Willow Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Sandpiper | Maxim Lanin | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Little Tern | Andrey Mis\'kov | 12

Woodchat Shrike | Ihor Vietokhin | 12

Ortolan Bunting | Natalia Savranska | 12

Ural Owl | Andriy Suran | 12

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Coot | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Mew Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 11

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Golden Plover | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Osprey | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Greenish Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Sergei Saveika | 11

Wood Pigeon | Andrey Kudriavtsev | 11

Red-throated Pipit | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Black-winged Stilt | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Jack Snipe | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Sedge Warbler | Irina Ortik | 11

Great White Pelican | Igor Samokhin | 11

Marsh Warbler | Natalia Savranska | 11

White-winged Tern | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Great Crested Grebe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Chiffchaff | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Northern Lapwing | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 10

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 10

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 10

Hen Harrier | Andrey Semenov | 10

Hoopoe | Maxim Lanin | 10

Gadwall | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Bean Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Wood Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Booted Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Terek Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Pied Flycatcher | Andrei Orekhov | 10

Thrush Nightingale | Sergo Travelian | 10

Common Oystercatcher | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Tree Pipit | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Common Stonechat | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Common Kingfisher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Red-throated Pipit | Oksana Makhovska | 10

European Turtle Dove | Igor Samokhin | 10

Black-tailed Godwit | Dmytro Melnyk | 10

Booted Eagle | Natalia Savranska | 10

Cetti's Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Tern | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Ruddy Shelduck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Great Crested Grebe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Moorhen | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Griffon Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Eurasian Golden Plover | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Northern Reed Bunting | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Tree Pipit | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Eurasian Bittern | Andrey Semenov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Andrey Semenov | 9

Greater Ringed Plover | Andrei Petrov | 9

Common Cuckoo | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 9

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 9

Sky Lark | Alexandr Balaev | 9

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Wood Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 9

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Sand Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Hawfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Willow Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Hobby | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Northern Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Lesser Whitethroat | Sergo Travelian | 9

Ruddy Shelduck | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Osprey | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Black-tailed Godwit | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Black Tern | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Savi's Warbler | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Sedge Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Eurasian Wryneck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Sedge Warbler | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Black-winged Stilt | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Citrine Wagtail (Western) | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Wood Sandpiper | Igor Samokhin | 9

Eurasian Whimbrel | Igor Samokhin | 9

Little Egret | Igor Samokhin | 9

Eurasian Roller | Natalia Savranska | 9

Black Tern | Olha-Mariia Kokhanevych | 9

Barred Warbler | Olha-Mariia Kokhanevych | 9

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Ruff | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Osprey | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Little Gull | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Lesser Grey Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Red-headed bunting | Alexander Liseenko | 8

Hen Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Eurasian Golden Plover | Galina Katanova | 8

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 8

Hen Harrier | Galina Katanova | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Galina Katanova | 8

Water Rail | Andrey Semenov | 8

Sedge Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 8

Red-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Caspian Tern | Andrei Petrov | 8

Common Greenshank | Andrei Petrov | 8

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Andrei Petrov | 8

European Bee-eater | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 8

Grey Partridge | Dmitry Nizovtsev | 8

Common Quail | Aleksandr Raklo | 8

Little Owl | Andrew Simon | 8

Citrine Wagtail | Alexandr Balaev | 8

White Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Crane | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Oystercatcher | Sergei Saveika | 8

Savi's Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 8

Common Cuckoo | Sergo Travelian | 8

Grey Partridge | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Garden Warbler | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Spotted Flycatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Long-eared Owl | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Corncrake | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Irina Ortik | 8

Eurasian Redstart | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Pied Flycatcher | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Common Oystercatcher | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Black-tailed Godwit | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Dmytro Melnyk | 8