Best photos of the month, June 2026.

European Turtle Dove | Andrey Kovalenko | 14

Squacco Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 13

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 12

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 12

Saxaul Sparrow | Andrey Kovalenko | 12

Common Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 12

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Saxaul Sparrow | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 10

Sedge Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Steppe Grey Shrike | Vladimir Muravskiy | 9

Asian Paradise Flycatcher | Malik Nukusbekov | 9

Eurasian Magpie | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Pied Wheatear | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Demoiselle Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

European Golden Oriole | Serg Silan | 8

Caspian Tern | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Oriental Turtle Dove | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Hoopoe | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 8

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

European Robin | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Shikra | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Shikra | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Zhaskairat Ermek | 7

Pallid Scops Owl | Zhaskairat Ermek | 7

Greater Sand Plover | Malik Nukusbekov | 7

Citrine Wagtail | Serg Silan | 7

Great Reed Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Little Ringed Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Little Ringed Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Pied Avocet | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Common Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 7

Long-legged Buzzard | Ruslan Abutrapov | 7

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Mallard | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Syke's Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Squacco Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Black-winged Stilt | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Black-winged Stilt | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Red-headed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

White-Winged Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Pander's Ground-Jay | Malik Nukusbekov | 6

Northern Pintail | Serg Silan | 6

Eurasian Roller | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 6

White-tailed Lapwing | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 6

Common Swift | Anna Yasko | 6

Common Tern | Anna Yasko | 6

Common Kestrel | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Common Kestrel | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Caspian Tern | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Tree Pipit | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Northern Reed Bunting | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Common Kestrel | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

European Robin | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Black-headed Wagtail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Long-tailed Tit | Roman Turchenko | 6

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Squacco Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Tree Sparrow | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Yellow-eyed Pigeon | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Eurasian Roller | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Little Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Indian Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Long-legged Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Greater Short-toed Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Greater Short-toed Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Brown-necked Raven | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Turkestan Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Saxaul Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Saxaul Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Black-headed Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Zhaskairat Ermek | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Serg Silan | 5

Barn Swallow | Serg Silan | 5

Common Nightingale | Serg Silan | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Serg Silan | 5

Common Nightingale | Serg Silan | 5

Pied Wheatear | Serg Silan | 5

Pallas's Gull | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 5

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Hoopoe | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Sedge Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Little Tern | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-crowned Night Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Lesser Kestrel | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Pied Avocet | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Western Marsh-Harrier | Hera Iceberg | 5

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Ilia Ishchenko | 5

Booted Warbler | Irina Rekuts | 5

Common Whitethroat | Irina Rekuts | 5

Common Moorhen | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Ruslan Abutrapov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Roman Turchenko | 5

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Roman Turchenko | 5

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Saxaul Sparrow | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Squacco Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Glossy Ibis | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-tailed Godwit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

European Turtle Dove | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Bimaculated Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Yellow-eyed Pigeon | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Little Owl | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

White-headed Duck | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Pied Wheatear | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Garden Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Steppe Grey Shrike | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Greater Sand Plover | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Pied Wheatear | Serg Silan | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Serg Silan | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Serg Silan | 4

Common Mynah | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

European Nightjar | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Black-headed Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Hooded Crow | Anna Yasko | 4

Common Swift | Anna Yasko | 4

White Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Pallas's Gull | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Black-headed Gull | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Booted Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Little Tern | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Sedge Warbler | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Common Kestrel | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Tree Sparrow | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Ruslan Abutrapov | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Roman Turchenko | 4

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Merlin | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 4