Best photos of the month, May 2021.

Woodchat Shrike | Anna Yasko | 16

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Malik Nukusbekov | 14

Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 14

Common Quail | Alexandr Belyaev | 14

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 14

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Nurqoja Ersaiyn | 14

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrey Kovalenko | 13

White's Thrush | Serg Silan | 13

Slavonian Grebe | Alexandr Belyaev | 13

Corncrake | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 13

Eurasian Roller | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 13

European Nightjar | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 13

Red-breasted Goose | Alexey Timoshenko | 12

White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Eurasian Golden Plover | Aibar Magazov | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Serg Silan | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Ainur Iskakova | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Common Tern | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Caspian Tern | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Pied Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 11

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 11

Little Stint | Anna Yasko | 11

Levant Sparrowhawk | Ainur Iskakova | 11

Eurasian Roller | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Red-footed Falcon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 11

Corncrake | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 11

Eastern Common Swift | Andrey Kovalenko | 10

Red-headed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Eastern Orphean Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Paddyfield Warbler | Aibar Magazov | 10

Ural Owl | Vladimir Vorobyov | 10

Whinchat | Yuriy Malkov | 10

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

Collared Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 10

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

White-headed Duck | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Oriental Cuckoo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Woodchat Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Eurasian Roller | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Willow Tit | Vladimir Vorobyov | 9

Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

European Nightjar | Svetlana Baskakova | 9

Dalmatian Pelican | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Common Kestrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Eurasian Golden Plover | Yuriy Malkov | 8

Common Crane | Yuriy Malkov | 8

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Barred Warbler | Anna Yasko | 8

European Bee-eater | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Demoiselle Crane | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Red-footed Falcon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 8

Northern Wheatear | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 8

Montagu's Harrier | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 8

Common Coot | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Eurasian Golden Plover | Yuriy Malkov | 8

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Black-legged Kittiwake | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Spotted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 7

Greenish Warbler | Aibar Magazov | 7

Great Reed Warbler | Anna Yasko | 7

Little Bittern | Ainur Iskakova | 7

Bearded Tit | Ainur Iskakova | 7

Rosy Starling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

White-winged Tern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Telegin | 7

Wood Pigeon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 7

Oriental Turtle Dove | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Robert Parker | 7

Mute Swan | Vadim Nagumanov | 7

European Nightjar | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Purple Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Terek Sandpiper | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Lesser Grey Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Rosy Starling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Common Greenshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

White-capped Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Blue Whistling Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Booted Warbler | Aibar Magazov | 6

Steppe Eagle | Aibar Magazov | 6

Barn Swallow | Aibar Magazov | 6

Azure Tit | Serg Silan | 6

Wood Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Ruff | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Ruff | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Blue Whistling Thrush | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Sedge Warbler | Anna Yasko | 6

Temminck's Stint | Anna Yasko | 6

Bearded Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 6

Levant Sparrowhawk | Ainur Iskakova | 6

European Bee-eater | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Common Greenshank | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Tern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Black Tern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Nightingale | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Shikra | Olga Sivokon | 6

Common Tern | Ruslan Telegin | 6

Mute Swan | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Common Kingfisher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Marina Merz | 6

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Steppe Eagle | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Western Marsh-Harrier | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Black-headed Gull | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Black Kite | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Whinchat | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Levant Sparrowhawk | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Long-eared Owl | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Woodchat Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Woodchat Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Greater White-fronted Goose | Alexey Timoshenko | 5

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Arctic Skua | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pallas's Gull | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pallas's Gull | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Sedge Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Shikra | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Common Oystercatcher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey-headed Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Northern House Martin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Rock Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Roller | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

European Bee-eater | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Redstart | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

White-winged Tern | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Sand Martin | Aibar Magazov | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Aibar Magazov | 5

Eurasian Redstart | Aibar Magazov | 5

Black Kite | Serg Silan | 5

Common Sandpiper | Vladimir Vorobyov | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Vladimir Vorobyov | 5

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Sergei Shmygalev | 5

Ruff | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Rosy Starling | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Tree Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Oriental Turtle Dove | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Ring-necked Pheasant | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Common Rosefinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Common Nightingale | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Paddyfield Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Rosy Starling | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Rosy Starling | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Lesser Sand Plover | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Paddyfield Warbler | Anna Yasko | 5

Bar-tailed Godwit | Anna Yasko | 5

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 5

Tree Pipit | Anna Yasko | 5

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 5

Barn Swallow | Anna Yasko | 5

Eastern Common Swift | Anna Yasko | 5

Little Stint | Svetlana Baskakova | 5

Paddyfield Warbler | Ainur Iskakova | 5

Common Cuckoo | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Temminck's Stint | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Oystercatcher | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Shelduck | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eurasian Collared Dove | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Clamorous Reed Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Blue Whistling Thrush | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Rosefinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Oriental Turtle Dove | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Black Stork | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Black Tern | Olga Sivokon | 5

Tufted Duck | Ruslan Telegin | 5

Pallid Harrier | Ruslan Telegin | 5

Yellowhammer | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Eurasian Jackdaw | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Grey-headed Wagtail | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Wood Pigeon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Common Whitethroat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Fieldfare | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Bar-tailed Godwit | Alyona Kuprieva | 5

Sanderling | Alyona Kuprieva | 5

Fieldfare | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Garganey | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Northern Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Northern Shoveler | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

White-winged Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

White-capped Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Common Pochard | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Lesser White-fronted Goose | Alexey Timoshenko | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Slavonian Grebe | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Corncrake | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Red-footed Falcon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Corncrake | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Nurqoja Ersaiyn | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Northern Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Nurqoja Ersaiyn | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Lesser White-fronted Goose | Alexey Timoshenko | 4

Common Kingfisher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Cuckoo | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Shikra | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-winged Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Roller | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Garganey | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Pale Sand Martin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Whimbrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-winged Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Rosefinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Ortolan Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Spanish Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Cetti's Warbler | Yevgeny Belousov | 4

European Turtle Dove | Yevgeny Belousov | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Willow Ptarmigan | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Mute Swan | Aibar Magazov | 4

Willow Warbler | Aibar Magazov | 4

Common Starling | Aibar Magazov | 4

Common Kestrel | Serg Silan | 4

Northern Wheatear | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Pine Bunting | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

European Greenfinch | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Gleb Bolbotov | 4

Grey-headed Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Greater White-fronted Goose | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Mallard | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Black-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Common Sandpiper | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Wood Pigeon | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Baillon's Crake | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Rock Sparrow | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eastern Orphean Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Black-crowned Night Heron | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Red-crested Pochard | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Greenish Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Northern House Martin | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Temminck's Stint | Anna Yasko | 4

Ruddy Turnstone | Anna Yasko | 4

Sanderling | Anna Yasko | 4

Booted Warbler | Anna Yasko | 4

House Sparrow | Anna Yasko | 4

Grey-headed Wagtail | Anna Yasko | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Yasko | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Anna Yasko | 4

Common Cuckoo | Svetlana Baskakova | 4

Long-eared Owl | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Black Kite | Andrei Kuryashkin | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Andrei Kuryashkin | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Ainur Iskakova | 4

Sky Lark | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Black-headed Gull | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Kestrel | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

White-headed Duck | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Garganey | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Pale Sand Martin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Hume's Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Oriental Turtle Dove | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Mynah | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Rosy Starling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Oystercatcher | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Grey Wagtail | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Roller | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Little Stint | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Temminck's Stint | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Turkestan Shrike | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

European Bee-eater | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern House Martin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Lesser Sand Plover | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Marsh Sandpiper | Andrey Bazdyrev | 4

Mute Swan | Andrey Bazdyrev | 4

Mallard | Andrey Bazdyrev | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Andrey Bazdyrev | 4

Bluethroat | Olga Sivokon | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Olga Sivokon | 4

Mistle Thrush | Olga Sivokon | 4

Oriental Turtle Dove | Olga Sivokon | 4

Little Bittern | Olga Sivokon | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Sivokon | 4

Black Tern | Olga Sivokon | 4

Slavonian Grebe | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Northern Wheatear | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Booted Warbler | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Wood Pigeon | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Black Kite | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

European Bee-eater | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Common Kingfisher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Northern Wheatear | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Ortolan Bunting | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Common Oystercatcher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Marina Merz | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Kestrel | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Red-necked Phalarope | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Glossy Ibis | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Chukar Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Woodchat Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Artem Andryuchshenko | 4

Sky Lark | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Grey-necked Bunting | Robert Parker | 4

Common Tern | Robert Parker | 4

Azure Tit | Robert Parker | 4

Ruddy Turnstone | Alyona Kuprieva | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Northern Shoveler | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Bluethroat | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Gadwall | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Common Pochard | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Arctic Skua | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Lesser Sand Plover | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

House Sparrow | Anna Yasko | 4

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 4

European Nightjar | Svetlana Baskakova | 4

Long-eared Owl | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Eurasian Wryneck | Ainur Iskakova | 4

White-winged Tern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Rock Sparrow | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Robert Parker | 4

Ruddy Turnstone | Alyona Kuprieva | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Blue Whistling Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

House Sparrow | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Wryneck | Ainur Iskakova | 4

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Oriental Cuckoo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

White-winged Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Blue Whistling Thrush | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Ruff | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 4