Best photos of the month, August 2018.

Great Cormorant | Alexey Denisov | 9

Common Kingfisher | Igor Shcherbakov | 8

Osprey | Dmitry Pozharsky | 8

Montagu's Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 7

Osprey | Dmitry Pozharsky | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Mishail Belousow | 7

Red-necked Phalarope | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Merlin | Anna Golubeva | 6

Red Knot | Anna Golubeva | 6

Siberian Jay | Anna Golubeva | 6

Willow Ptarmigan | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Pied Avocet | Svetlana Medvedeva | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Yellow-browed Warbler | Konstantin Samodurow | 6

Siberian Jay | Anna Golubeva | 6

Temminck's Stint | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Northern Lapwing | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Northern Lapwing | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 6

Little Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 5

Black Kite | Anna Golubeva | 5

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

European Bee-eater | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Eurasian Roller | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitry Pozharsky | 5

Whiskered Tern | Svetlana Medvedeva | 5

Temminck's Stint | Sergey Chumakov | 5

European Nightjar | Mishail Belousow | 5

Red Knot | Anna Golubeva | 5

Spotted Crake | Denis Zhbir | 5

Common Kingfisher | Lola Smirnova (Czix) | 5