Best photos of the month, February 2023.

Snowy Owl | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 29

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 25

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 25

White-winged Crossbill | Maxim Afanasiev | 25

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 24

Northern Goshawk | Anna Golubeva | 24

Northern Goshawk | Olga Nemezhikova | 24

Western Capercaillie | Nikita Yablokov | 23

Great Grey Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 23

Black Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 22

Boreal Owl | Anna Golubeva | 22

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 22

Common Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 22

Fieldfare | Elena Shvydun | 22

Peregrine Falcon | Anna Golubeva | 21

Great Grey Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 21

Rough-legged Buzzard | Anna Golubeva | 21

Horned Lark | Anna Golubeva | 20

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Golubeva | 20

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 20

Harlequin Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 20

Black Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 20

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Boreal Owl | Elena Shvydun | 19

Ural Owl | Vadim Sinukhin | 19

Coal Tit | Anna Golubeva | 18

Crested Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Gadwall | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Northern Hazelhen | Andrey Semenov | 18

Greater Flamingo | Evgenia Zotova | 18

Bohemian Waxwing | Elena Shvydun | 18

Boreal Owl | Elena Shvydun | 18

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 18

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 17

Goldcrest | Anna Golubeva | 17

Great Grey Owl | Anna Golubeva | 17

Long-tailed Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Water Rail | Aleksandr Perevozov | 17

Long-tailed Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 17

Alpine Chough | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 17

Northern Pintail | Alexandr Balaev | 17

Great Cormorant | Andrey Chernykh | 17

Snowy Owl | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 17

Northern Wren | Anna Golubeva | 16

Spanish Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Short-eared Owl | Evgenia Zotova | 16

Eurasian Blackbird | Igor Dvurekov | 16

Little Grebe | Igor Dvurekov | 16

Bohemian Waxwing | Svetlana Medvedeva | 16

Alpine Chough | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 16

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 16

Northern Hawk Owl | Elena Votinceva | 16

Cetti's Warbler | Vitaliy Butko | 16

Willow Ptarmigan | Alexandr Kochetkov | 16

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Goldeneye | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

House Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

House Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Yellowhammer | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 15

Short-eared Owl | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 15

Whooper Swan | Vitaliy Butko | 15

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Great Grey Owl | E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev | 15

Long-eared Owl | Alexey Kuzmin | 15

White-Backed Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 15

Black Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 15

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 14

Common Sparrowhawk | Anna Golubeva | 14

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Northern Reed Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Little Grebe | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Fieldfare | Igor Dvurekov | 14

Long-eared Owl | Igor Dvurekov | 14

Yellowhammer | Elena Shvydun | 14

Grey Heron | Elena Shvydun | 14

Peregrine Falcon | Alexey Sizov | 14

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexey Sizov | 14

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Aleksandr Breykin | 14

Northern Bullfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Goldcrest | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 14

Grey Partridge | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 14

Ural Owl | Mishail Belousow | 14

Ural Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 14

Long-tailed Tit | Elena Bobachenko | 14

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Elena Bobachenko | 14

Baikal Bullfinch | Baikova Olga | 14

Fieldfare | Elena Shvydun | 14

Golden Eagle | Pavel Petrushin | 14

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Alexander Yakovlev | 13

Tufted Duck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Black-Necked Grebe | Andrey Semenov | 13

Northern Pintail | Vladislav Iopek | 13

Common Raven | Pavel Petrushin | 13

Golden Eagle | Pavel Petrushin | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Common Treecreeper | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Greater Flamingo | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Rock Bunting | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Gadwall | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Meadow Pipit | Alexey Sizov | 13

Syrian Woodpecker | Alexey Sizov | 13

Common Goldeneye | Aleksandr Breykin | 13

Long-eared Owl | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Ruddy Shelduck | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Mandarin Duck | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Great Cormorant | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Willow Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Tawny Owl | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Goosander | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Greater White-fronted Goose | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Common Goldeneye | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Bewick's Swan | Oleg Borodin | 13

Northern Hawk Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 13

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 13

Black Woodpecker | Elena Bobachenko | 13

Hooded Crow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Blue Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Yellowhammer | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Teal | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Common Teal | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Ferruginous Duck | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Rough-legged Buzzard | Andrey Fedotov | 12

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrey Semenov | 12

Great Grey Shrike | Svetlana Medvedeva | 12

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitry Erokhin | 12

Common Starling | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 12

Black-Necked Grebe | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Meadow Pipit | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Grey Heron | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Greater Ringed Plover | Alexey Sizov | 12

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Alexey Sizov | 12

Mute Swan | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 12

Black Woodpecker | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 12

Eurasian Nuthatch | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Redpoll | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Willow Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Ural Owl | E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev | 12

Northern Pintail | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Goosander | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Great Grey Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 12

Little Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 12

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 12

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Olga Fattakhova | 12

Goldcrest | Olga Fattakhova | 12

Golden Eagle | Pavel Petrushin | 12

Ural Owl | Mishail Belousow | 12

Eurasian Jay | Olga Fattakhova | 12

Golden Eagle | Pavel Petrushin | 12

Golden Eagle | Pavel Petrushin | 12