Best photos of the month, December 2025.

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 16

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 15

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 15

White-bellied Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 14

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 14

Brown Accentor | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 14

Goldcrest | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 14

Eastern Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 13

Solitary Snipe | Andrey Kovalenko | 13

Eurasian Woodcock | Ilia Ishchenko | 13

White-winged Snowfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 12

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 11

Eastern Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Eurasian Dipper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

Northern Wren | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

Ibisbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Northern Wren | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Baikal Bullfinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 11

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 11

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 10

Brandt's Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 10

Goldcrest | Andrey Shatalov | 10

Ibisbill | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Common Pheasant | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Northern Black Grouse | Nurum Sagaliyev | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 10

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Red-billed Chough | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Eastern Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Eastern Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Red-fronted Serin | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Carrion Crow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Red-billed Chough | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 9

Goldcrest | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Goldcrest | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Black Woodpecker | sergey izoya | 9

Common Chaffinch | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 9

Common Kestrel | Azat Nurgali | 9

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 9

Northern Wren | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

White-Winged Woodpecker | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Red-fronted Serin | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Eurasian Linnet | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Green Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Common Sparrowhawk | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Water Rail | Anna Yasko | 8

European Black Redstart | Anna Yasko | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Merz | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 8

European Greenfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Grey Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Brandt's Rosefinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Twite | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Japanese Waxwing | Ilia Ishchenko | 8

Solitary Snipe | Ilia Ishchenko | 8

Ibisbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Northern Wren | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Brandt's Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Ibisbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

White-winged Snowfinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Mistle Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Common Kestrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 7

Northern Goshawk | Vladimir Vorobyov | 7

Hawfinch | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 7

Eurasian Jay | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Blue Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Lapland Longspur | Nurum Sagaliyev | 7

Red-fronted Serin | Nikita Kanunnikov | 7

Eastern Buzzard | Ruslan Abutrapov | 7

Common Kestrel | Ruslan Abutrapov | 7

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Brown Accentor | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Japanese Waxwing | Ilia Ishchenko | 7

Ibisbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Green Sandpiper | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Himalayan Vulture | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Chukar Partridge | Vladimir Vorobyov | 6

Ring-billed Gull | Anna Yasko | 6

Eurasian Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Goldcrest | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Kestrel | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Brown Accentor | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Eastern Buzzard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Black Lark | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Rough-legged Buzzard | Nurum Sagaliyev | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Ilia Ishchenko | 6

Asian Rosy-Finch | Ilia Ishchenko | 6

Brown Accentor | Ilia Ishchenko | 6

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 6

European Robin | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Ruslan Abutrapov | 6

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 5

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Eurasian Jackdaw | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Tree Sparrow | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Golden Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Yuriy Malkov | 5

European Greenfinch | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 5

Blue Tit | Anna Yasko | 5

Grey Heron | Anna Yasko | 5

Tree Sparrow | Irina Kuryanova | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Long-eared Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eversmann's Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Goldeneye | Marina Merz | 5

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Marina Merz | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Marina Merz | 5

Eurasian Blackbird | Marina Merz | 5

Common Redpoll | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Baikal Bullfinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

European Robin | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Lapland Longspur | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Dunnock | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Hybrid Crow | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Redwing | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

White-bellied Dipper | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Ibisbill | Nikita Kanunnikov | 5

Lammergeier | Ilia Ishchenko | 5

Blue Tit | Vasilii Bastaev | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 5

Coal Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 5

Mistle Thrush | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 5

Common Kestrel | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Common Kestrel | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Himalayan Vulture | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Brandt's Rosefinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Kestrel | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Northern Wren | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Chaffinch | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Brambling | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Snipe | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Twite | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Common Pheasant | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eversmann's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Azure Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Mallard | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Anna Yasko | 4

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Anna Yasko | 4

Golden Eagle | Fedor Shakula | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Red Crossbill | Olga Sivokon | 4

Coal Tit | Olga Sivokon | 4

Spotted Nutcracker | Olga Sivokon | 4

Willow Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Great Rosefinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Red-billed Chough | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Lammergeier | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Mynah | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Brown Dipper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

White-Winged Woodpecker | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Solitary Snipe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Northern Wren | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Lesser Short-toed Lark | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Water Rail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Snow Bunting | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Sky Lark | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Common Goldeneye | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Goosander | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Ilia Ishchenko | 4

Common Kestrel | Ilia Ishchenko | 4

Brambling | Vasilii Bastaev | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 4

Ural Owl | Irina Rekuts | 4

Hooded Crow | sergey izoya | 4

Brambling | Vladimir Sklyarenko | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Brandt's Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Northern Wren | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-winged Snowfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Baikal Bullfinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Brandt's Rosefinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Lapland Longspur | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Ilia Ishchenko | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

White-winged Snowfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Brown Accentor | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Goldcrest | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Great Rosefinch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eastern Buzzard | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Japanese Waxwing | Ilia Ishchenko | 4

Ibisbill | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Ibisbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern Wren | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Himalayan Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern Wren | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4