Best photos of the month, May 2024.

Oriental Reed-warbler | Konstantin Gorodischenko | 17

Japanese Night-Heron | Valery Shokhrin | 16

Red-billed Chough | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Azure Tit | Denis Kochetkov | 14

Levant Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Chukar Partridge | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Osprey | Mishail Belousow | 14

Brown Dipper | Valery Shokhrin | 13

Bull-headed Shrike | Irina Malykina | 13

Narcissus Flycatcher | Yuriy Tsygankov | 13

Woodchat Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 13

European Golden Oriole | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Dunlin | Sergei Saveika | 13

Steller's Sea-eagle | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Yellow-bellied Tit | Dmitry Korobov | 12

Yellow-bellied Tit | Dmitry Korobov | 12

Common Shelduck | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Swinhoe's Robin | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Andrey Vyalkov | 12

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Barred Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Little Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Black-capped Kingfisher | Valery Shokhrin | 12

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Irina Malykina | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Semenov | 12

Black Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Brown Dipper | Valery Shokhrin | 12

Pied Avocet | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Asian Brown Flycatcher | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Purple-backed Starling | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Brown Shrike | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Cattle Egret | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Common Oystercatcher | Andrey Vyalkov | 11

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Corn Bunting | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Yellow Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Great Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Mugimaki Flycatcher | Irina Malykina | 11

Eyebrowed Thrush | Irina Malykina | 11

Lapland Longspur | Galina Katanova | 11

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Andrey Semenov | 11

Greenish Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 11

Common Cuckoo | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Narcissus Flycatcher | Yuriy Tsygankov | 11

Rock Sparrow | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black-eared Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Azure Tit | Denis Kochetkov | 11

Japanese Night-Heron | Valery Shokhrin | 11

Narcissus Flycatcher | Igor Dvurekov | 10

Siberian Rubythroat | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Radde's Warbler | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Eurasian Spoonbill | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Striated Heron | Andrey Vyalkov | 10

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Dunlin | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Corncrake | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Kingfisher | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Forest Wagtail | Olga Vasik | 10

Curlew Sandpiper | Olga Vasik | 10

Cattle Egret | Irina Malykina | 10

Grey Plover | Andrey Semenov | 10

Ural Owl | Anatolii Khodakov | 10

Red-footed Falcon | Evgenia Zotova | 10

Red-breasted Merganser | Andrei Petrov | 10

Black Woodpecker | Andrei Petrov | 10

Common Teal | Andrei Petrov | 10

Common Redshank | Vladimir Matyushin | 10

Common Cuckoo | Vitaliy Butko | 10

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Alexey Sizov | 10

Rock Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Wood Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Icterine Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Mugimaki Flycatcher | Irina Malykina | 10

Black-capped Kingfisher | Valery Shokhrin | 10

Azure Tit | Denis Kochetkov | 10

Pied Harrier | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Common Kingfisher | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Spotted Redshank | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Andrey Vyalkov | 9

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Greater Short-toed Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Greater Ringed Plover | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-throated Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Redshank | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Kestrel | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Cattle Egret | Valery Shokhrin | 9

Little Bittern | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Citrine Wagtail | Galina Katanova | 9

Booted Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 9

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 9

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 9

Thrush Nightingale | Maxim Lanin | 9

Corncrake | Andrei Petrov | 9

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Andrei Petrov | 9

Great White Pelican | Svetlana Medvedeva | 9

Bull-headed Shrike | Nikolay Kharin | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Dmitrij Andreev | 9

European Golden Oriole | Dmitrij Andreev | 9

Common Kingfisher | Inna Shchegolkova 54 | 9

Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Inna Shchegolkova 54 | 9

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitry Erokhin | 9

Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

Purple-backed Starling | Vladimir Matyushin | 9

European Bee-eater | Aleksandr Breykin | 9

Squacco Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Alpine Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Long-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Lesser Grey Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Greylag Goose | Sergei Saveika | 9

Bluethroat | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

White-throated Rock-thrush | Dmitry Korobov | 9

Japanese Night-Heron | Valery Shokhrin | 9