Best photos of the month, January 2025.

White-Backed Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 15

Red-fronted Serin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 15

Common Kestrel | Anna Yasko | 14

European Robin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 14

Goldcrest | Aibar Magazov | 13

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 13

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 13

Willow Tit | Aibar Magazov | 12

Pygmy Cormorant | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 12

Grey Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 12

Northern Hawk Owl | Nikita Kanunnikov | 12

Willow Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 12

Eurasian Blackbird | Pavel A | 12

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balykin | 11

European Greenfinch | Aibar Magazov | 11

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Serg Silan | 11

Smew | Valentin Zenkov | 11

Chukar Partridge | Alexandr Belyaev | 11

Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Alexandr Belyaev | 11

Bearded Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 11

Eurasian Dipper | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 11

Eurasian Siskin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

White-winged Grosbeak | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Song Thrush | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Redwing | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Hawfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 11

European Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

European Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Long-tailed Tit | Aibar Magazov | 10

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Serg Silan | 10

White-Backed Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 10

Great Grey Shrike | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

Tufted Duck | Anna Yasko | 10

Little Owl | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 10

Eurasian Blackbird | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

White-winged Grosbeak | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Eurasian Blackbird | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Pygmy Cormorant | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Great Crested Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Hera Iceberg | 10

Eurasian Blackbird | Hera Iceberg | 10

Blue Tit | sergey izoya | 10

Blue Tit | sergey izoya | 10

Blue Tit | sergey izoya | 10

Common Kestrel | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Rock Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Meadow Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Turkestan Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Red-fronted Serin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 9

Wallcreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Ferruginous Duck | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Common Chaffinch | Anna Yasko | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Ivan Bevza | 9

Azure Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Brambling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Goosander | Marina Merz | 9

Black-throated Thrush | Marina Merz | 9

Eurasian Linnet | Andrey Shatalov | 9

Hawfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 9

European Robin | Andrey Shatalov | 9

Grey Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Common Chaffinch | Hera Iceberg | 9

Goldcrest | Nikita Kanunnikov | 9

Lammergeier | Nikita Kanunnikov | 9

Tree Sparrow | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Black-throated Thrush | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Long-tailed Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Crested Lark | Aibar Magazov | 8

Eurasian Nuthatch | Aibar Magazov | 8

Eurasian Jackdaw | Aibar Magazov | 8

Tree Sparrow | Aibar Magazov | 8

Black Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 8

Black Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 8

Eurasian Blackbird | Serg Silan | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 8

Eurasian Blackbird | Serg Silan | 8

Goosander | Valentin Zenkov | 8

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Common Treecreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

European Robin | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Northern Reed Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Northern Wren | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 8

Lesser Whitethroat | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 8

Dalmatian Pelican | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 8

Long-tailed Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Eurasian Blackbird | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Common Treecreeper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Goldcrest | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 8

Crested Lark | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Merz | 8

Goldcrest | Andrey Shatalov | 8

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Fieldfare | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Fieldfare | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Brambling | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Cinereous Vulture | Nikita Kanunnikov | 8

White-winged Grosbeak | Nikita Kanunnikov | 8

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Nikita Kanunnikov | 8

Carrion Crow | Irina Rekuts | 8

Eurasian Blackbird | Galina Rosenberg | 8

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 8

Willow Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 8

Blue Tit | sergey izoya | 8

Common Pheasant | Pavel A | 8

Common Pheasant | Pavel A | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Daniil Khristinetsky | 8

Black Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 8

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Whooper Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Alexandr Balykin | 7

Eastern Buzzard | Alexandr Balykin | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 7

Rook | Aibar Magazov | 7

Common Goldeneye | Serg Silan | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Serg Silan | 7

Black Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Valentin Zenkov | 7

Hawfinch | Valentin Zenkov | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Hawfinch | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Meadow Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

European Robin | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Ibisbill | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Pygmy Cormorant | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Finsch's Wheatear | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 7

Eurasian Dipper | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Ivan Bevza | 7

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Goldcrest | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

White-bellied Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Smew | Marina Merz | 7

Mallard | Marina Merz | 7

Azure Tit | Marina Merz | 7

Redwing | Marina Merz | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Marina Merz | 7

Fieldfare | Andrey Shatalov | 7

European Robin | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Common Treecreeper | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Common Chaffinch | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Eurasian Magpie | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Brambling | Vadim Nagumanov | 7

Golden Eagle | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

Northern Goshawk | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

White-winged Snowfinch | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

Brambling | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 7

Eurasian Blackbird | Irina Rekuts | 7

Eurasian Blackbird | Irina Rekuts | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 7

Black-throated Thrush | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Hybrid Crow | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Great Tit | sergey izoya | 7

Great Tit | sergey izoya | 7

Mistle Thrush | Pavel A | 7

Common Mynah | Pavel A | 7

White-winged Grosbeak | Pavel A | 7

European Robin | Zhanibek Ibatov | 7

Blue Tit | Zhanibek Ibatov | 7

Common Treecreeper | Daniil Khristinetsky | 7

Ruddy Shelduck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Fieldfare | Aibar Magazov | 6

Tree Sparrow | Serg Silan | 6

Great Tit | Serg Silan | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Goldcrest | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Fieldfare | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 6

Smew | Ivan Bevza | 6

Common Buzzard | Ivan Bevza | 6

Eversmann's Redstart | Ivan Bevza | 6

Brambling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Treecreeper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Golden Eagle | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Goosander | Konstantin Andrussenko | 6

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Marina Merz | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Marina Merz | 6

Great Tit | Marina Merz | 6

Brambling | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Blue Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Hawfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 6

White Wagtail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Common Kestrel | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Common Pheasant | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Wallcreeper | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Mistle Thrush | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Brambling | Maxim Morozov | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Irina Rekuts | 6

Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Great Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Eurasian Dipper | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Fieldfare | sergey izoya | 6

Common Chaffinch | Pavel A | 6

White-winged Grosbeak | Pavel A | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Pavel A | 6

Carrion Crow | Pavel A | 6

Great Tit | Pavel A | 6

Redwing | Zhanibek Ibatov | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Daniil Khristinetsky | 6

Common Kestrel | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Wallcreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Red-breasted Merganser | Zhaskairat Ermek | 5

Great Grey Shrike | Alexandr Balykin | 5

Great Tit | Aibar Magazov | 5

House Sparrow | Serg Silan | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Valentin Zenkov | 5

Fieldfare | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Hooded Crow | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Redwing | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Eurasian Collared Dove | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Great Grey Shrike | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Wood Pigeon | Anna Yasko | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 5

Tree Sparrow | Fedor Shakula | 5

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Ivan Bevza | 5

Red-fronted Serin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Mallard | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Cinereous Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Red-fronted Serin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Cinereous Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Songar Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

White-bellied Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great White Egret | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Common Chaffinch | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Redwing | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Eurasian Goldfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Common Chaffinch | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Tree Sparrow | Hera Iceberg | 5

Yellow-billed Chough | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Coal Tit | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Pygmy Cormorant | Maxim Morozov | 5

Great Tit | Irina Rekuts | 5

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Willow Tit | Irina Rekuts | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Eurasian Collared Dove | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Coal Tit | Pavel A | 5

Eurasian Blackbird | Pavel A | 5

Common Chaffinch | Pavel A | 5

Mistle Thrush | Zhanibek Ibatov | 5

Northern Wren | Zhanibek Ibatov | 5

Eurasian Blackbird | Zhanibek Ibatov | 5

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Zhanibek Ibatov | 5

European Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 5

Blue Tit | sergey izoya | 5

Common Pheasant | Pavel A | 5

Meadow Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Long-tailed Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great White Egret | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Grey Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Tufted Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Mute Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Red-crested Pochard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Great White Egret | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Tree Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Hen Harrier | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Kestrel | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Black-Necked Grebe | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Hooded Crow | Serg Silan | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Serg Silan | 4

Hooded Crow | Serg Silan | 4

Brambling | Serg Silan | 4

House Sparrow | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Northern Shoveler | Yuriy Malkov | 4

White-Backed Woodpecker | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 4

Hybrid Tit | Fedor Shakula | 4

Carrion Crow | Fedor Shakula | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Ivan Bevza | 4

Brambling | Ivan Bevza | 4

Common Buzzard | Ivan Bevza | 4

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Ivan Bevza | 4

Common Kestrel | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Yellow-billed Chough | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Goldeneye | Konstantin Andrussenko | 4

Eurasian Siskin | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Fieldfare | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Common Goldeneye | Marina Merz | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Marina Merz | 4

European Robin | Leonid Ishkov | 4

European Robin | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Goldcrest | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Common Mynah | Maxim Morozov | 4

Brown Dipper | Maxim Morozov | 4

Tree Sparrow | Irina Rekuts | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Irina Rekuts | 4

Tree Sparrow | Irina Rekuts | 4

Great Tit | Irina Rekuts | 4

Hybrid Crow | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Pavel A | 4

Mistle Thrush | Pavel A | 4

Mallard | Pavel A | 4

Crested Lark | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

Common Kestrel | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

Northern Reed Bunting | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

Hawfinch | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

European Robin | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

Northern Wren | Zhanibek Ibatov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Daniil Khristinetsky | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Serg Silan | 4

Black Woodpecker | Serg Silan | 4

Bearded Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Tufted Duck | Anna Yasko | 4

Golden Eagle | Fedor Shakula | 4

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Brambling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

European Robin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Whooper Swan | Hera Iceberg | 4

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 4

White-winged Grosbeak | Pavel A | 4

Tufted Duck | Anna Yasko | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4