Best photos of the month, August 2016.

Lesser Kestrel | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Merlin | Sergey Volkov | 6

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Rook | Igor Latysh | 4

Masked Wagtail | Andrey Chernykh | 4

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 4

Ruff | Alexei Ebel | 3

Little Stint | Igor Latysh | 3

Yellow-browed Warbler | Konstantin Samodurow | 3

Black Stork | Alexei Ebel | 3

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Vladimir Maer | 3

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Vladimir Maer | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Spotted Redshank | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 3