Best photos of the month, May 2023.

Spotted Redshank | Aleksei Kungurov | 16

Western Capercaillie | Konstantin Kisloy | 11

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 11

Snow Bunting | Vladimir Kuzmin | 11

Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Kuzmin | 11

Siberian Jay | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 10

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 10

Eurasian Wigeon | Aleksei Kungurov | 10

Eurasian Wryneck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 10

Long-tailed Duck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 10

Arctic Loon | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 9

Red-flanked Bluetail | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 9

Green Sandpiper | Maksim Volkov | 9

Redwing | Maksim Volkov | 9

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Konstantin Kisloy | 9

Yellow Wagtail | Yuliya Shalamova | 9

Ruff | Aleksei Kungurov | 9

Northern Wheatear | Vladimir Kuzmin | 9

Common Greenshank | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 8

Common Whitethroat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 8

Black-winged Stilt | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 8

Northern Hazelhen | Konstantin Kisloy | 8

Sand Martin | Yuliya Shalamova | 8

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 8

Common Cuckoo | Aleksei Kungurov | 8

Common Teal | Aleksei Kungurov | 8

Northern Pintail | Vladimir Kuzmin | 8

Wood Sandpiper | Konstantin Kisloy | 7

Redwing | Konstantin Kisloy | 7

Willow Tit | Konstantin Kisloy | 7

Terek Sandpiper | Konstantin Kisloy | 7

Ruff | Katya Tsekhmister | 7

Whinchat | Katya Tsekhmister | 7

Black-headed Gull | Aleksei Kungurov | 7

Great Grey Shrike | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Fieldfare | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Terek Sandpiper | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Arctic Tern | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Smew | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Bluethroat | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Little Bunting | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Common Redshank | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Common Goldeneye | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Common Raven | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Northern House Martin | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

White-winged Tern | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 6

Oriental Turtle Dove | Maksim Volkov | 6

White Wagtail | Konstantin Kisloy | 6

Tree Pipit | Konstantin Kisloy | 6

Eurasian Wigeon | Konstantin Kisloy | 6

Common Redpoll | Konstantin Kisloy | 6

Common Tern | Yuliya Shalamova | 6

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Marsh Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Red-backed Shrike | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Black Kite | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Common Cuckoo | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Black-tailed Godwit | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Azure Tit | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Common Teal | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Common Chaffinch | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Mallard | Aleksei Kungurov | 6

Common Kestrel | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Common Sandpiper | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Snow Bunting | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Common Chiffchaff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Tree Pipit | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Little Bunting | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Black-Billed Magpie | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Anna Ivankova | 5

Willow Tit | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Rock Pigeon | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Northern Pintail | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Brambling | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Common Goldeneye | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Common Stonechat | Yuliya Shalamova | 5

Marsh Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Mallard | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

European Greenfinch | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Fieldfare | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Common Swift | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Common Chiffchaff | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Fieldfare | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Fieldfare | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Fieldfare | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Redwing | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Mew Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Greater Scaup | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Vladimir Kuzmin | 5

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 5

Northern Hazelhen | Konstantin Kisloy | 5

Grey Heron | Katya Tsekhmister | 5

Black-throated Thrush | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Spotted Nutcracker | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Brambling | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Little Ringed Plover | Maksim Volkov | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Anna Ivankova | 4

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Western Capercaillie | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Hooded Crow | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Spotted Nutcracker | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Common Redpoll | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Black Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Common Buzzard | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Greylag Goose | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Grey Heron | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Tree Pipit | Katya Tsekhmister | 4

Ruff | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Garganey | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Common Sandpiper | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Common Swift | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Brambling | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Temminck's Stint | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Greater Ringed Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Vladimir Kuzmin | 4

Siberian Jay | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Northern Pintail | Konstantin Kisloy | 4

Spotted Redshank | Aleksei Kungurov | 4

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 4

Greater Spotted Eagle | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Eurasian Golden Plover | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Cuckoo | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

White Wagtail | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Curlew Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Pectoral Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Redshank | Anna Ivankova | 3

Bluethroat | Anna Ivankova | 3

Redwing | Jura Janke | 3

Barn Swallow | Jura Janke | 3

Eurasian Nuthatch | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Great Tit | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Northern Pintail | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Tufted Duck | Yuliya Shalamova | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Yuliya Shalamova | 3

Whooper Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Marsh Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Whitethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

White-winged Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Buzzard | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Barn Swallow | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Black Kite | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Common Swift | Katya Tsekhmister | 3

Pied Flycatcher | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Green Sandpiper | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Common Chiffchaff | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Black-headed Gull | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Redwing | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Greater White-fronted Goose | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Eurasian Wigeon | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Siberian Tit | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Common Goldeneye | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Tufted Duck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Eurasian Nuthatch | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Common Raven | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Curlew Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Redshank | Anna Ivankova | 3

Common Sandpiper | Jura Janke | 3

Northern Hazelhen | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Western Capercaillie | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Hooded Crow | Konstantin Kisloy | 3

Snow Bunting | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Northern Pintail | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Long-tailed Duck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Pectoral Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Common Crane | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 3

Pied Flycatcher | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Spotted Redshank | Aleksei Kungurov | 3

Long-tailed Duck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 3

Common Oystercatcher | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Common Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Whinchat | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Eurasian Redstart | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Goosander | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Pine Bunting | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Ruff | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Eurasian Siskin | Maksim Volkov | 2

Fieldfare | Maksim Volkov | 2

Bohemian Waxwing | Maksim Volkov | 2

White Wagtail | Anna Ivankova | 2

Common Pochard | Anna Ivankova | 2

Bluethroat | Jura Janke | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Jura Janke | 2

Eurasian Wigeon | Jura Janke | 2

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Jura Janke | 2

Eurasian Wryneck | Jura Janke | 2

Bewick's Swan | Konstantin Kisloy | 2

Oriental Turtle Dove | Yuliya Shalamova | 2

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Yuliya Shalamova | 2

Rock Pigeon | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Bluethroat | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Red-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Arctic Loon | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Wood Sandpiper | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Great Crested Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Slavonian Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Red-Necked Grebe | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Whooper Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Arctic Loon | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Whooper Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Eurasian Siskin | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Northern Lapwing | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Spotted Flycatcher | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Common Teal | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Grey Heron | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Mallard | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Northern Shoveler | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Garganey | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Common Teal | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

White Wagtail | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Bewick's Swan | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Spotted Redshank | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Ruff | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Northern House Martin | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Black-winged Stilt | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

White-winged Tern | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Green Sandpiper | Anna Ivankova | 2

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Anna Ivankova | 2

Eurasian Wigeon | Konstantin Kisloy | 2

Black-tailed Godwit | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Tern | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Common Sandpiper | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Greater Spotted Eagle | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Northern House Martin | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Curlew Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Black-winged Stilt | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Hooded Crow | Konstantin Kisloy | 2

Greylag Goose | Katya Tsekhmister | 2

Green Sandpiper | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Spotted Redshank | Aleksei Kungurov | 2

Temminck's Stint | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2

Curlew Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Pectoral Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Black-winged Stilt | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Pectoral Sandpiper | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 2

Long-tailed Duck | Vladimir Kuzmin | 2