Best photos of the month, December 2023.

Common Moorhen | Anna Golubeva | 22

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Radik Kutushev | 22

Northern Hawk Owl | Elena Kleymenova | 22

Northern Goshawk | Anna Golubeva | 21

Rock Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Western Capercaillie | Galina Katanova | 20

Common Kingfisher | Vitaliy Butko | 19

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrei Kiselev | 18

Horned Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Tawny Owl | Khasan Zhurtov | 17

Great Grey Owl | Vladislav Iopek | 17

Eurasian Dipper | Andrei Petrov | 17

Black-crowned Night Heron | Svetlana Medvedeva | 17

Red Crossbill | Dmitrij Andreev | 17

Red Crossbill | Dmitrij Andreev | 17

Eurasian Siskin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Red Crossbill | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Eurasian Goldfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Whooper Swan | Galina Katanova | 16

Little Owl | Svetlana Medvedeva | 16

Syrian Woodpecker | Svetlana Medvedeva | 16

Bohemian Waxwing | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 16

Great White Egret | Anna Golubeva | 15

Brown-eared Bulbul | Andrey Vyalkov | 15

Brambling | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Goldcrest | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Bohemian Waxwing | Svetlana Medvedeva | 15

Ural Owl | Svetlana Morozkina62 | 15

Common Treecreeper | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Tawny Owl | Vadim Sinukhin | 15

Ural Owl | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 15

Eastern Buzzard | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 14

Long-eared Owl | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Red Crossbill | Vadim Sinukhin | 14

Little Grebe | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 14

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Pine Grosbeak | Olga Nemezhikova | 14