Best photos of the month, May 2022.

Common Rosefinch | Anna Golubeva | 29

Red-flanked Bluetail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 28

Savi's Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 26

Gadwall | Maxim Lanin | 25

Greater Flamingo | Alexey Sizov | 25

Sedge Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 24

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 24

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Elena Shvydun | 24

Boreal Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 24

Spotted Redshank | Vadim Ivushkin | 24

Eurasian Wryneck | Anna Golubeva | 23

Red-billed Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 23

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 23

River Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 22

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 22

European Nightjar | Alexey Sizov | 22

Yellow Wagtail | Anna Golubeva | 21

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Svetlana Medvedeva | 21

Barred Warbler | Alexey Sizov | 21

Icterine Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 20

Marsh Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 20

Common Whitethroat | Anna Golubeva | 20

Rock Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Northern Wren | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrei Kiselev | 20

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 20

Great Grey Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 20

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 19

Rosy Starling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Corncrake | Andrei Kiselev | 19

Common Oystercatcher | Maxim Lanin | 19

Pied Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 19

Black Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 19

River Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 19

Dalmatian Pelican | Vladimir Maer | 19

Eurasian Bittern | Denis Kazakov | 19

Bar-headed Goose | Elena Bobachenko | 19

European Greenfinch | Olga Nemezhikova | 19

Thrush Nightingale | Anna Golubeva | 18

Corncrake | Anna Golubeva | 18

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 18

Blackcap | Anna Golubeva | 18

Greenish Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 18

Booted Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 18

Temminck's Stint | Anna Golubeva | 18

Egyptian Vulture | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 18

Eurasian Roller | Khasan Zhurtov | 18

Common Whitethroat | Elena Shvydun | 18

Greenish Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 18

Red-backed Shrike | Alexey Sizov | 18

Marsh Sandpiper | Anna Golubeva | 17

Montagu's Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 17

Spotted Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 17

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 17

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Red-billed Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Water Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

European Greenfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Black-headed Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Corn Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Whinchat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Eurasian Linnet | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Willow Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Common Redshank | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 17

Red-faced Cormorant | Alexander Rogal' | 17

Common Sparrowhawk | Maxim Lanin | 17

Gadwall | Igor Dvurekov | 17

Thrush Nightingale | Elena Shvydun | 17

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 17

Common Whitethroat | Alexey Sizov | 17

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Alexey Sizov | 17

Lammergeier | Denis Zhbir | 17

Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Denis Zhbir | 17

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 17

Common Moorhen | Anna Golubeva | 16

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 16

Greater White-fronted Goose | Anna Golubeva | 16

Rock Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Tawny Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Eurasian Linnet | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Hen Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Citrine Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Common Whitethroat | Andrei Kiselev | 16

White-winged Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Northern Lapwing | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Terek Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Long-eared Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Ring Ouzel | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Steller's Eider | Alexander Rogal' | 16

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Semenov | 16

Garganey | Maxim Lanin | 16

Booted Warbler | Maxim Lanin | 16

Grey-headed Lapwing | Anna Golubeva | 16

Chinese Grosbeak | Anna Golubeva | 16

Common Eider | Michael Nevski | 16

Steller's Eider | Michael Nevski | 16

Tawny Owl | Igor Sikorsky | 16

Eurasian Wryneck | Alexey Sizov | 16

Ruddy Turnstone | Alexey Sizov | 16

Common Rosefinch | Alexey Sizov | 16

Red-flanked Bluetail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 16

Ortolan Bunting | Denis Zhbir | 16

Garden Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 15

Little Ringed Plover | Anna Golubeva | 15

Whinchat | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Tern | Anna Golubeva | 15

Chinese Pond-heron | Andrey Vyalkov | 15

Northern Parrotbill | Andrey Vyalkov | 15

Greater Short-toed Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Marsh Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Black Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Maxim Lanin | 15

Long-eared Owl | Maxim Lanin | 15

Chinese Pond-heron | Anna Golubeva | 15

Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 15

Yellow-browed Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 15

Japanese Grosbeak | Anna Golubeva | 15

Hawfinch | Anna Golubeva | 15

Lesser Whitethroat | Elena Shvydun | 15

Icterine Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 15

Common Rosefinch | Elena Shvydun | 15

Grey Plover | Alexey Sizov | 15

Bar-tailed Godwit | Alexey Sizov | 15

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Alexey Sizov | 15

Black Stork | Alexey Sizov | 15

Corncrake | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Garganey | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 15

White-headed Duck | Andrey Chernykh | 15

Common Coot | Olga Nemezhikova | 15

Ruff | Konstantin Kisloy | 15

Black-billed Capercaillie | Ilya Ukolov | 14

Sky Lark | Anna Golubeva | 14

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Anna Golubeva | 14

Dunlin | Anna Golubeva | 14

Common Swift | Anna Golubeva | 14

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Anna Golubeva | 14

Blue Rock Thrush | Gennady Kolotin | 14

Nordmann's Greenshank | Andrey Vyalkov | 14

Water Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Willow Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Red-throated Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 14

European Bee-eater | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Great Rosefinch | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Grey Wagtail | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Ortolan Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Ashy Minivet | Alexander Rogal' | 14

Black-winged Pratincole | Andrey Semenov | 14

Siberian Blue Robin | Anna Golubeva | 14

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 14

Pied Harrier | Max Logunov | 14

Griffon Vulture | Evgenia Zotova | 14

European Bee-eater | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Little Bittern | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Common Moorhen | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Northern Wheatear | Elena Shvydun | 14

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Elena Shvydun | 14

Corncrake | Elena Shvydun | 14

Marsh Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 14

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 14

Black-legged Kittiwake | Michael Nevski | 14

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexey Sizov | 14

Black-headed Bunting | Alexey Sizov | 14

Black-Necked Grebe | Vladimir Maer | 14

Northern Hazelhen | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Hawfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Greater Ringed Plover | Aleksey Bolshakov | 14

Common Snipe | Nadezhda Orlova | 14

Baillon's Crake | Alexandr Kochetkov | 14

White-winged Snowfinch | Denis Zhbir | 14

Northern Shoveler | Olga Nemezhikova | 14

Willow Warbler | Olga Nemezhikova | 14

Red-flanked Bluetail | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 14

Black-billed Capercaillie | Ilya Ukolov | 13

Eurasian Hobby | Anna Golubeva | 13

Common Cuckoo | Anna Golubeva | 13

Red-headed bunting | Gennady Kolotin | 13

Bull-headed Shrike | Andrey Vyalkov | 13

Eurasian Penduline-Tit | Andrey Vyalkov | 13

Greater White-fronted Goose | Radik Kutushev | 13

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Red-throated Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Common Stonechat | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Ferruginous Duck | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Red-crested Pochard | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Eurasian Hobby | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Whinchat | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Eyebrowed Thrush | Alexander Rogal' | 13

White-throated Needletail | Anna Golubeva | 13

Dusky Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 13

Eurasian Redstart | Evgenia Zotova | 13

Squacco Heron | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Whinchat | Elena Shvydun | 13

Wood Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 13

Northern Wheatear | Elena Shvydun | 13

Common Rosefinch | Elena Shvydun | 13

Black Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 13

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Elena Shvydun | 13

Marsh Sandpiper | Elena Shvydun | 13

Pallas's Gull | Alexey Sizov | 13

Ortolan Bunting | Alexey Sizov | 13

Yellow-backed Wagtail | Alexey Sizov | 13

Eurasian Spoonbill | Alexey Sizov | 13

Ural Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Whinchat | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Sedge Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Eurasian Wryneck | Maria Sizova | 13

Dalmatian Pelican | Vladimir Maer | 13

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 13

Smew | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 13

Grey-tailed Tattler | Viktor Natykanets | 13

Great Grey Owl | Vadim Ivushkin | 13

Grey-tailed Tattler | Aleksey Bolshakov | 13

Barred Warbler | Denis Zhbir | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Olga Fattakhova | 13