Best photos of the month, May 2026.

Sedge Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 7

Eurasian Collared Dove | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Thrush Nightingale | Yaroslav Burmatov | 6

Northern Shoveler | Maksim Volkov | 5

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Temminck's Stint | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Merlin | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Eurasian Collared Dove | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Bar-tailed Godwit | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Eurasian Golden Plover | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Yaroslav Burmatov | 4

Eurasian Wryneck | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Greylag Goose | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Eurasian Golden Plover | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Mute Swan | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Eurasian Curlew | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Common Tern | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Eurasian Collared Dove | Yaroslav Burmatov | 3

Common Teal | Maksim Volkov | 2

Caspian Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Shelduck | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Redwing | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Pied Flycatcher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greylag Goose | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Spotted Redshank | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Sky Lark | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Gadwall | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Rosefinch | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Garden Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Spotted Redshank | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Eurasian Redstart | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Pied Flycatcher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Northern Wheatear | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Tree Pipit | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Northern Shoveler | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Wood Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Oystercatcher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Greater Spotted Eagle | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Ruff | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Marsh Sandpiper | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Greater Scaup | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Great Crested Grebe | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Greater White-fronted Goose | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Greylag Goose | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Common Shelduck | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Common Greenshank | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

White-Backed Woodpecker | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Eurasian Hobby | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Temminck's Stint | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Spotted Redshank | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Black Tern | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Northern Black Grouse | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Yaroslav Burmatov | 2

Common Kingfisher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Temminck's Stint | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Kingfisher | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Slavonian Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Arctic Loon | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Little Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Great Cormorant | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Eurasian Redstart | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Barn Swallow | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Starling | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black Kite | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Greenshank | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Whinchat | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Northern Black Grouse | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Eurasian Hobby | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pallas's Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Barn Swallow | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Wood Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Paddyfield Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Greenish Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black-headed Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Black Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Whooper Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Red-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Eurasian Linnet | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Sand Martin | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Stonechat | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Slavonian Grebe | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Horned Lark | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Whitethroat | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Curlew | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Greenshank | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Lesser Whitethroat | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Shelduck | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Pallas's Gull | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Whooper Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Marsh Sandpiper | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Dalmatian Pelican | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Greater White-fronted Goose | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Shelduck | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

White-Backed Woodpecker | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Curlew | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Merlin | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Bar-tailed Godwit | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Golden Plover | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Red-backed Shrike | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Kingfisher | Katya Tsekhmister | 1

White-Backed Woodpecker | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Collared Dove | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Golden Plover | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Eurasian Collared Dove | Yaroslav Burmatov | 1

Common Kingfisher | Katya Tsekhmister | 1