Best photos of the month, May 2023.

Common Moorhen | Serg Silan | 16

Temminck's Stint | Aibar Magazov | 13

Black Kite | Serg Silan | 12

European Nightjar | Anna Yasko | 12

Egyptian Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 12

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Shatalov | 11

Menetries Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 10

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 9

Black-winged Pratincole | Aibar Magazov | 9

Marsh Sandpiper | Aibar Magazov | 9

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 9

European Golden Oriole | Serg Silan | 9

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Yuriy Malkov | 9

Little Bustard | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Menetries Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Pine Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Common Kingfisher | 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

Egyptian Nightjar | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Black Tern | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Ildar Khalitov | 8

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

Grey Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Pine Bunting | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Rosy Starling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Wood Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Grey-necked Bunting | 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

Menetries Warbler | Ildar Khalitov | 7

White-tailed Lapwing | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Grey-necked Bunting | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Steppe Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Asian Desert Warbler | 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

Black-winged Stilt | Anna Yasko | 6

Rufous Bush Robin | Fedor Shakula | 6

Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Pallas's Sandgrouse | 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

Red-footed Falcon | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Slavonian Grebe | Irina Rekuts | 6

Common Pheasant | Galina Hristolyubova | 6

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 6

Mute Swan | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Slavonian Grebe | Irina Rekuts | 6

Syrian Woodpecker | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Grey Wagtail | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

White-winged Grosbeak | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Booted Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Little Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Grey-necked Bunting | 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

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

White Stork | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Aibar Magazov | 5

Pied Flycatcher | 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

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 5

Barred Warbler | 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

Collared Pratincole | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Goldcrest | Alexey Kurochkin | 5

Common Kingfisher | Alexey Kurochkin | 5

Tawny Owl | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Booted Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 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

Eurasian Redstart | Vadim Nagumanov | 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

Siberian Stonechat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey-necked Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Finsch's Wheatear | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Little Owl | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

European Robin | Anna Yasko | 5

Tawny Owl | Ainur Iskakova | 5

Mistle Thrush | Maxim Morozov | 5

Brown Dipper | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Purple Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5