Best photos of the month, August 2026.

Cinereous Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Griffon Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Egyptian Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Wood Sandpiper | Natalia Savranska | 12

Blackcap | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Northern Wren | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

European Robin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

European Robin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Spotted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Blackcap | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black Kite | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Western Marsh-Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Snipe | Oksana Makhovska | 11

Pygmy Cormorant | Olha-Mariia Kokhanevych | 11

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Lammergeier | Igor Dvurekov | 10

Montagu's Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Northern Shoveler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Blue Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Blackcap | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Gadwall | Andrey Semenov | 9

Great Crested Grebe | Andrey Semenov | 9

Griffon Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Slavonian Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Whimbrel | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Eurasian Whimbrel | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Grey Wagtail | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Common Chiffchaff | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Common Chiffchaff | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Garganey | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Black Woodpecker | Andrey Semenov | 8

Sandwich Tern | Elena Koval | 8

Canada Goose | Elena Koval | 8

Chukar Partridge | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Ortolan Bunting | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Griffon Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 8

Common Kestrel | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Great White Egret | Sergei Saveika | 8

Little Ringed Plover | Vitaliy Mosienko | 8

Garganey | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Common Oystercatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Eurasian Roller | Roman Kyselov | 8

Common Greenshank | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Eurasian Dipper | Olha-Mariia Kokhanevych | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Olha-Mariia Kokhanevych | 8

Great White Egret | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrei Kiselev | 7

Common Buzzard | Andrey Semenov | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Semenov | 7

White Stork | Elena Koval | 7

Caspian Tern | Elena Koval | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Maxim Lanin | 7

Pied Wheatear | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Lammergeier | Igor Dvurekov | 7

Tawny Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Montagu's Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Little Stint | Sergei Saveika | 7

Arctic Tern | Sergei Saveika | 7

Ruff | Sergei Saveika | 7

Common Greenshank | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Common Sandpiper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Green Sandpiper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Common Greenshank | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Common Sandpiper | Andrey Mis\'kov | 7

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Natalia Drabina | 7

Ruddy Turnstone | Roman Kyselov | 7

Red-footed Falcon | Oksana Makhovska | 7

Yellow-legged Gull | Egor Loboda | 7

Icterine Warbler | Natalia Savranska | 7

Garganey | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 6

Red-fronted Serin | Khasan Zhurtov | 6

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Andrey Semenov | 6

Common Kestrel | Elena Koval | 6

Rock Bunting | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Eurasian Crag Martin | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Alpine Swift | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Griffon Vulture | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Natalia Dokashenko | 6

Demoiselle Crane | Natalia Dokashenko | 6

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 6

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Andrei Orekhov | 6

Blackcap | Andrei Orekhov | 6

Black Kite | Andrei Orekhov | 6

Little Ringed Plover | Dmytro Petrychenko | 6

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Dmytro Petrychenko | 6

Common Snipe | Oksana Makhovska | 6

Eurasian Whimbrel | Oksana Makhovska | 6

Common Shelduck | Egor Loboda | 6

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Egor Loboda | 6