Best photos of the month, May 2023.

Common Moorhen | Serg Silan | 17

Temminck's Stint | Aibar Magazov | 13

Egyptian Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 13

Menetries Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Black Kite | Serg Silan | 12

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 12

European Nightjar | Anna Yasko | 12

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

European Golden Oriole | Serg Silan | 11

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Shatalov | 10

Grey Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 9

Black-winged Pratincole | Aibar Magazov | 9

Marsh Sandpiper | Aibar Magazov | 9

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 9

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Yuriy Malkov | 9

Little Bustard | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Menetries Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Egyptian Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 9

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Pine Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Pine Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Common Kingfisher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Grey-necked Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Eurasian Linnet | Aibar Magazov | 8

Paddyfield Warbler | Aibar Magazov | 8

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vladimir Vorobyov | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Wood Sandpiper | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Black Tern | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Menetries Warbler | Ildar Khalitov | 8

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Ildar Khalitov | 8

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Rosy Starling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Wood Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Cattle Egret | Zhaskairat Ermek | 7

Lammergeier | Vladimir Muravskiy | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Aibar Magazov | 7

Red-headed Bunting | Aibar Magazov | 7

European Golden Oriole | Aibar Magazov | 7

Black Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 7

Common Tern | Aibar Magazov | 7

Barred Warbler | Anna Yasko | 7

Common Whitethroat | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Siberian Stonechat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 7

Siberian Tawny Owl | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 7

White-tailed Lapwing | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Grey-necked Bunting | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Irina Rekuts | 7

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Irina Rekuts | 7

Steppe Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Asian Desert Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Little Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Grey-necked Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White Stork | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Greater Spotted Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

White Stork | Malik Nukusbekov | 6

Little Ringed Plover | Aibar Magazov | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 6

Blue Tit | Aibar Magazov | 6

Tree Pipit | Aibar Magazov | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Serg Silan | 6

Common Rosefinch | Serg Silan | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Vorobyov | 6

Black-winged Pratincole | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 6

Barred Warbler | Anna Yasko | 6

Black-winged Stilt | Anna Yasko | 6

Rufous Bush Robin | Fedor Shakula | 6

Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Collared Pratincole | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexey Kurochkin | 6

Common Rosefinch | Ruslan Telegin | 6

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Red-headed Bunting | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Montagu's Harrier | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Eurasian Redstart | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Red-footed Falcon | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Common Pheasant | Galina Hristolyubova | 6

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 6

Little Owl | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Siberian Tawny Owl | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Mute Swan | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Syrian Woodpecker | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Grey Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Egyptian Vulture | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

White-winged Grosbeak | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Booted Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Paddyfield Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Whooper Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

European Bee-eater | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Black Stork | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Common Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Little Egret | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Rufous Bush Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Spanish Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Oriental Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Steppe Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Rock Sparrow | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Yellow-breasted Tit | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

White Stork | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Aibar Magazov | 5

Pied Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 5

Hoopoe | Aibar Magazov | 5

Northern Wheatear | Aibar Magazov | 5

Little Ringed Plover | Aibar Magazov | 5

Eurasian Linnet | Aibar Magazov | 5

Green Sandpiper | Serg Silan | 5

Common Greenshank | Serg Silan | 5

Common Nightingale | Serg Silan | 5

Common Rosefinch | Serg Silan | 5

Citrine Wagtail | Serg Silan | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Alexandr Katuncev | 5

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Rufous Bush Robin | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Pale Sand Martin | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Pale Sand Martin | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Collared Pratincole | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Eurasian Whimbrel | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Black Lark | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

European Golden Oriole | Anna Yasko | 5

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Anna Yasko | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 5

Garden Warbler | Anna Yasko | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 5

Little Bittern | Anna Yasko | 5

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 5

White-tailed Lapwing | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Goldcrest | Alexey Kurochkin | 5

Common Kingfisher | Alexey Kurochkin | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Booted Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Meadow Bunting | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 5

European Nightjar | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Bar-tailed Godwit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Squacco Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Eurasian Hobby | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Great Reed Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Hoopoe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Wood Sandpiper | Talgat Kissebayev | 5

Baillon's Crake | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Pale Sand Martin | Irina Rekuts | 5

Western Capercaillie | Artyom Krzhizhanovskiy | 5

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey-necked Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Finsch's Wheatear | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

European Robin | Anna Yasko | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vadim Nagumanov | 5

Mistle Thrush | Maxim Morozov | 5

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Menetries Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Terek Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 4

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Rock Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Black-eared Kite | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Black-eared Kite | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Caspian Plover | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Grey-necked Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Desert Wheatear | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Northern Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Whimbrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Greenshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Spotted Redshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Central Asia Starling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Sky Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Little Bustard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Glossy Ibis | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Greenish Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Greenish Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Kentish Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Snipe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Variable Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Little Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Gull-billed Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Himalayan Rubythroat | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Shikra | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Indian Golden Oriole | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Menetries Warbler | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

White Wagtail | Aibar Magazov | 4

Mute Swan | Aibar Magazov | 4

Thrush Nightingale | Aibar Magazov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Aibar Magazov | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Serg Silan | 4

Green Sandpiper | Serg Silan | 4

Tree Pipit | Serg Silan | 4

Common Whitethroat | Serg Silan | 4

Barn Swallow | Serg Silan | 4

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Black Stork | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Spotted Nutcracker | Vladimir Vorobyov | 4

Siberian Stonechat | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Great Bustard | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Indian Sparrow | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Rufous Bush Robin | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Syke's Warbler | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Bluethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Ortolan Bunting | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Rosefinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

White Stork | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Glossy Ibis | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Desert Finch | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Common Sandpiper | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Black-headed Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Spanish Sparrow | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Purple Heron | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Common Kingfisher | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Purple Heron | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Steppe Eagle | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

White-winged Tern | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Pallas's Gull | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Oriental Turtle Dove | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Common Whitethroat | Anna Yasko | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Anna Yasko | 4

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 4

Ruddy Turnstone | Anna Yasko | 4

Mallard | Anna Yasko | 4

Mediterranean Gull | Anna Yasko | 4

Pied Wheatear | Anna Yasko | 4

Sedge Warbler | Anna Yasko | 4

Common Kestrel | Anna Yasko | 4

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Fedor Shakula | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Fedor Shakula | 4

Little Owl | Fedor Shakula | 4

Eurasian Spoonbill | Fedor Shakula | 4

Shikra | Fedor Shakula | 4

Pied Wheatear | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Finsch's Wheatear | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Eurasian Roller | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Eurasian Spoonbill | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Eurasian Spoonbill | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Black-crowned Night Heron | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Glossy Ibis | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

European Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Coal Tit | Alexey Kurochkin | 4

Black-throated Accentor | Alexey Kurochkin | 4

Syrian Woodpecker | Ainur Iskakova | 4

Common Treecreeper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Blue Whistling Thrush | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Blue-capped Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Slavonian Grebe | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Booted Warbler | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Common Nightingale | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Common Starling | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Montagu's Harrier | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Ortolan Bunting | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Little Bustard | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Hoopoe | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Little Gull | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Montagu's Harrier | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Little Bittern | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Long-tailed Duck | Andrey Shatalov | 4

European Golden Oriole | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Caspian Tern | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Montagu's Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Oriental Turtle Dove | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Long-tailed Shrike | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Indian Golden Oriole | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Common Mynah | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Caspian Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Red-crested Pochard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Red-necked Phalarope | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Sedge Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Northern Black Grouse | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

White Wagtail | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Common Tern | Robert Parker | 4

Black Kite | Robert Parker | 4

Mute Swan | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Mallard | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

Mallard | Vadim Nagumanov | 4

White-headed Duck | Talgat Kissebayev | 4

Cattle Egret | Talgat Kissebayev | 4

Common Snipe | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Steppe Eagle | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Ildar Khalitov | 4

White-headed Duck | Irina Rekuts | 4

Common Redshank | Irina Rekuts | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Sandpiper | Galina Rosenberg | 4

European Bee-eater | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Kingfisher | Galina Hristolyubova | 4

Pine Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Rosy Starling | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Asian Desert Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Menetries Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Little Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Shikra | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Eurasian Linnet | Aibar Magazov | 4

Barred Warbler | Anna Yasko | 4

White-tailed Lapwing | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexey Kurochkin | 4

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Booted Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Masked Wagtail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Little Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Baillon's Crake | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Slavonian Grebe | Irina Rekuts | 4

Menetries Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Pale Sand Martin | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Egyptian Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Tawny Pipit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Moorhen | Serg Silan | 4

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Little Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Pale Sand Martin | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Shelduck | Yuriy Malkov | 4