Best photos of the month, July 2026.

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

European Golden Oriole | Aibar Magazov | 9

Water Pipit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Isabelline Wheatear | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Plain Mountain Finch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Cetti's Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 9

Long-tailed Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Little Bittern | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 9

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Ruslan Abutrapov | 9

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Ruslan Abutrapov | 9

Streaked Scrub Warbler | Anna Yasko | 9

Little Bittern | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Kentish Plover | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

White-tailed Lapwing | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Curlew Sandpiper | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Long-legged Buzzard | Vladimir Muravskiy | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 8

Northern Goshawk | Yuriy Malkov | 8

Great Crested Grebe | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Himalayan Vulture | Nikita Kanunnikov | 8

Common Kestrel | Irina Rekuts | 8

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Ruslan Abutrapov | 8

Crested Lark | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Common Shelduck | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Ruff | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Hoopoe | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Meadow Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Lesser Grey Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Hoopoe | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Paddyfield Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 7

Little Gull | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Laughing Dove | Anna Yasko | 7

Northern House Martin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Himalayan Accentor | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Water Pipit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Cetti's Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Common Kestrel | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Willow Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Common Moorhen | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Black-headed Gull | Irina Rekuts | 7

Grey Heron | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Eversmann's Redstart | Ruslan Abutrapov | 7

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Laughing Dove | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Gadwall | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Collared Pratincole | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White-capped Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Eurasian Roller | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Rosy Starling | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Common Mynah | Vladimir Muravskiy | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 6

Pied Wheatear | Vladimir Muravskiy | 6

Common Chaffinch | Aibar Magazov | 6

Eurasian Redstart | Aibar Magazov | 6

Wood Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Curlew Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Terek Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Yellow-billed Chough | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Grey Wagtail | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Black Kite | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Great Crested Grebe | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Great Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Slavonian Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Common Moorhen | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Willow Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Fieldfare | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

European Nightjar | Nikita Kanunnikov | 6

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Ruslan Abutrapov | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Laughing Dove | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Caspian Gull | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Hume's Whitethroat | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Indian Sparrow | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Common Mynah | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Egyptian Vulture | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pied Wheatear | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

White Wagtail | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

White-winged Tern | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Dunlin | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Greylag Goose | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Red-necked Phalarope | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Garganey | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Caspian Tern | Anna Yasko | 5

Water Pipit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Golden Eagle | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Red-billed Chough | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 5

White Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Coal Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

White Wagtail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Slavonian Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Rosy Starling | Hera Iceberg | 5

Sky Lark | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Eurasian Roller | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Tawny Pipit | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Greenish Warbler | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Common Redshank | Ilia Ishchenko | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 5

Lammergeier | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Himalayan Rubythroat | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Little Bittern | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Common Moorhen | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Slavonian Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Great Cormorant | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Great Cormorant | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Yellow-backed Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

White-winged Tern | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Isabelline Wheatear | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Wood Pigeon | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

European Greenfinch | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Willow Tit | Aibar Magazov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Northern Goshawk | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Black-winged Pratincole | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Baraba Steppe Gull | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Hoopoe | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Northern Lapwing | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Eurasian Collared Dove | Anna Yasko | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Plain Mountain Finch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Plain Mountain Finch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Hume's Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Mallard | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Booted Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Goldeneye | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Willow Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Mallard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

European Robin | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Siberian Stonechat | Hera Iceberg | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Hera Iceberg | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Hera Iceberg | 4

Eurasian Linnet | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Black-headed Gull | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Water Pipit | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Roman Turchenko | 4

Yellow-backed Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Hera Iceberg | 4

Common Cuckoo | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Little Bittern | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Black-Necked Grebe | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Booted Eagle | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Himalayan Rubythroat | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Crested Lark | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Kentish Plover | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Coal Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Mallard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Grey Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Common Moorhen | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Willow Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Black-headed Gull | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Black-headed Gull | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Great Cormorant | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Masked Wagtail | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Black-headed Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Rosy Starling | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Red-rumped Swallow | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Eversmann's Redstart | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Sykes's Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Black-headed Gull | Serg Silan | 3

White-winged Tern | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Steppe Buzzard | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Pallas's Gull | Anna Yasko | 3

Common Tern | Anna Yasko | 3

Streaked Scrub Warbler | Anna Yasko | 3

Tree Pipit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

White-winged Grosbeak | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Black-throated Accentor | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Common Sandpiper | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Glossy Ibis | Hera Iceberg | 3

Booted Eagle | Nikita Kanunnikov | 3

Caspian Gull | Nikita Kanunnikov | 3

Curlew Sandpiper | Ilia Ishchenko | 3

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Galina Rosenberg | 3

White-headed Duck | Zhanibek Ibatov | 3

Common Kestrel | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 3

Booted Eagle | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 3

Barn Swallow | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 3

Water Pipit | Ruslan Abutrapov | 3

Eurasian Roller | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Streaked Scrub Warbler | Anna Yasko | 3

Long-tailed Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Mallard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Black Stork | Nikita Kanunnikov | 3

Lammergeier | Ruslan Abutrapov | 3

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Abutrapov | 3

Lesser Grey Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Hume's Whitethroat | Andrey Kovalenko | 3