Best photos of the month, December 2025.

Ural Owl | Olga Fattakhova | 17

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 15

Ural Owl | Vasily Stashiba | 15

Northern Hawk Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 12

Snowy Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 12

Northern Bullfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Eurasian Dipper | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Northern Goshawk | Mihail Ivanov | 10

Naumann's Thrush | Mihail Ivanov | 10

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 10

Ural Owl | Maxim Dolgov | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Godlewski's Bunting | Andrei Panov | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Willow Ptarmigan | Denis Zhbir | 8

Ural Owl | Denis Zhbir | 8

Upland Buzzard | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Ural Owl | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Black Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 7

Willow Ptarmigan | Denis Zhbir | 7

Common Teal | Nikita Yablokov | 6

Grey Partridge | Alexandr Kochetkov | 6

Ural Owl | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Snowy Owl | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

Pallas's Rosefinch | Andrei Panov | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5