Best photos of the month, May 2021.

Steppe Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 27

Trumpeter Finch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 27

Booted Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 26

European Nightjar | Natalia Honcharyk | 25

White-tailed Lapwing | Yevgen Chernolyev | 24

Wood Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 22

Slavonian Grebe | Igor Dvurekov | 22

Common Kestrel | Elena Shvydun | 22

Thrush Nightingale | Anna Golubeva | 21

Demoiselle Crane | Alexey Sizov | 21

Short-eared Owl | Yuriy Kodrul | 21

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktor Sevidov | 21

Common Oystercatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Black-legged Kittiwake | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Eurasian Roller | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 20

Water Rail | Andrei Kiselev | 20

Long-billed Dowitcher | Yuriy Kodrul | 20

Demoiselle Crane | Vladimir Popenko | 20

White-tailed Lapwing | Nikola Zmievskiy | 20

European Nightjar | Dmytro Petrychenko | 20

Common Cuckoo | Dmytro Petrychenko | 20

European Nightjar | Andrey Mis\'kov | 20

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Eurasian Hobby | Andrei Kiselev | 19

Egyptian Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 19

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Khasan Zhurtov | 19

Little Bustard | Andrey Semenov | 19

Black-headed Bunting | Maxim Lanin | 19

Blue Rock Thrush | Egor Vlasov | 19

Common Rosefinch | Elena Shvydun | 19

Great Spotted Cuckoo | Igor Sikorsky | 19

Black-legged Kittiwake | Viktor Sevidov | 19

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Viktor Sevidov | 19

Montagu's Harrier | Sergo Travelian | 19

Corncrake | Nikola Zmievskiy | 19

Black-headed Bunting | Andrey Mis\'kov | 19

Tawny Owl | Andrey Mis\'kov | 19

Willow Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Linnet | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 18

Eurasian Whimbrel | Andrey Semenov | 18

Lammergeier | Egor Vlasov | 18

Glossy Ibis | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Curlew Sandpiper | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Icterine Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 18

Greenish Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 18

European Nightjar | Alexey Sizov | 18

Barred Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 18

Lesser Whitethroat | Oleg Sheremet | 18

Thrush Nightingale | Dmytro Petrychenko | 18

Spotted Crake | Dmytro Petrychenko | 18

Black-legged Kittiwake | Andrey Mis\'kov | 18

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktor Sevidov | 18

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Water Rail | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Hoopoe | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 17

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Khasan Zhurtov | 17

Montagu's Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 17

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 17

Kentish Plover | Maxim Lanin | 17

Eurasian Roller | Maxim Lanin | 17

Rosy Starling | Egor Vlasov | 17

Red-footed Falcon | Svetlana Medvedeva | 17

Common Cuckoo | Elena Shvydun | 17

Common Chiffchaff | Michael Nevski | 17

Yellow Wagtail | Michael Nevski | 17

Levant Sparrowhawk | Yuriy Kodrul | 17

White-tailed Lapwing | Yevgen Chernolyev | 17

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Viktor Sevidov | 17

Corncrake | Nikola Zmievskiy | 17

Pied Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 16

Whinchat | Anna Golubeva | 16

Yellowhammer | Anna Golubeva | 16

Tawny Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

European Robin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Eurasian Collared Dove | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Tawny Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Terek Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Marsh Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 16

European Bee-eater | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Smew | Dmitry Pozharsky | 16

Icterine Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 16

Red-footed Falcon | Egor Vlasov | 16

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Egor Vlasov | 16

Thrush Nightingale | Elena Shvydun | 16

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Elena Shvydun | 16

Spotted Nutcracker | Elena Shvydun | 16

Northern Wren | Michael Nevski | 16

Thrush Nightingale | Michael Nevski | 16

Great Snipe | Alexey Sizov | 16

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Igor Kozytsky | 16

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Yevgen Chernolyev | 16

Moustached Warbler | Vladimir Popenko | 16

Greater Short-toed Lark | Vladimir Popenko | 16

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Black-legged Kittiwake | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Water Rail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Marsh Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Squacco Heron | Family Kuzhel | 16

Moustached Warbler | Family Kuzhel | 16

Greater Spotted Eagle | Andrey Mis\'kov | 16

Rosy Starling | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 16

Black Kite | Kirill Konopitsyn | 16

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Viktor Sevidov | 16

Corncrake | Nikola Zmievskiy | 16

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Viktor Sevidov | 16

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Viktor Sevidov | 16

White-tailed Lapwing | Yevgen Chernolyev | 16

Eurasian Wryneck | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Tern | Anna Golubeva | 15

Eurasian Dipper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Tawny Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 15

White-winged Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Temminck's Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 15

European Bee-eater | Andrey Semenov | 15

Corncrake | Andrey Semenov | 15

Isabelline Wheatear | Maxim Lanin | 15

Northern Lapwing | Maxim Lanin | 15

European Bee-eater | Maxim Lanin | 15

Lesser Short-toed Lark | Egor Vlasov | 15

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 15

Common Sandpiper | Elena Shvydun | 15

European Golden Oriole | Elena Shvydun | 15

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Michael Nevski | 15

Pied Flycatcher | Michael Nevski | 15

Griffon Vulture | Alexey Sizov | 15

Yellowhammer | Evgeniy Perevedentsev | 15

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 15

White-tailed Lapwing | Yuriy Kodrul | 15

Demoiselle Crane | Yuriy Kodrul | 15

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Yevgen Chernolyev | 15

Common Crane | Vladimir Popenko | 15

Eurasian Spoonbill | Vladimir Popenko | 15

Eurasian Hobby | Sergo Travelian | 15

Common Stonechat | Sergo Travelian | 15

Common Quail | Sergo Travelian | 15

Aquatic Warbler | Roman Yaremchuk | 15

Paddyfield Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Corncrake | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Savi's Warbler | Family Kuzhel | 15

Sedge Warbler | Andrey Mis\'kov | 15

Temminck's Stint | ALENA FOMINA | 15

Squacco Heron | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 15

Black-legged Kittiwake | Viktor Sevidov | 15

White-tailed Lapwing | Yevgen Chernolyev | 15

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Savi's Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Sky Lark | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Terek Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 14

Western Marsh-Harrier | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Black-winged Stilt | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Griffon Vulture | Evgeniy Sofronov | 14

Yellow Wagtail | Dmitry Pozharsky | 14

Eurasian Spoonbill | Andrey Semenov | 14

Demoiselle Crane | Maxim Lanin | 14

Great Cormorant | Maxim Lanin | 14

Eurasian Spoonbill | Maxim Lanin | 14

Red-footed Falcon | Maxim Lanin | 14

Red-crested Pochard | Maxim Lanin | 14

Common Oystercatcher | Vladislav Iopek | 14

Long-tailed Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 14

Eurasian Roller | Egor Vlasov | 14

Purple Heron | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Barred Warbler | Svetlana Medvedeva | 14

Marsh Warbler | Michael Nevski | 14

Little Owl | Vitaliy Butko | 14

Blue Rock Thrush | Alexey Sizov | 14

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Alexey Sizov | 14

Collared Pratincole | Alexey Sizov | 14

Great White Pelican | Alexey Sizov | 14

Rosy Starling | Alexey Sizov | 14

Song Thrush | Tatiana Dudarenko | 14

Woodchat Shrike | Yevgen Chernolyev | 14

Glossy Ibis | Yevgen Chernolyev | 14

Kentish Plover | Vladimir Popenko | 14

Kentish Plover | Vladimir Popenko | 14

Alpine Swift | Yuliia Yurchenko | 14

Wood Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 14

European Golden Oriole | Sergo Travelian | 14

Eurasian Wryneck | Sergo Travelian | 14

Great Reed Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 14

Corncrake | Sergo Travelian | 14

European Nightjar | Nikola Zmievskiy | 14

Black-legged Kittiwake | Oleg Sheremet | 14

Whinchat | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

White-tailed Lapwing | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Booted Eagle | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Eurasian Roller | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Rosy Starling | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Icterine Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Sedge Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Wood Warbler | Family Kuzhel | 14

Red-backed Shrike | Family Kuzhel | 14

Sand Martin | Family Kuzhel | 14

Siberian Stonechat | Family Kuzhel | 14

Sky Lark | Family Kuzhel | 14

Common Coot | Family Kuzhel | 14

Terek Sandpiper | ALENA FOMINA | 14

Short-eared Owl | Yuriy Kodrul | 14

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 13

Lesser Whitethroat | Anna Golubeva | 13

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Spotted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Song Thrush | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Savi's Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Tree Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Lesser Grey Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Marsh Sandpiper | Dmitry Pozharsky | 13

Sedge Warbler | Dmitry Pozharsky | 13

Montagu's Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 13

Common Swift | Dmitry Pozharsky | 13

Common Buzzard | Dmitry Pozharsky | 13

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Semenov | 13

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrey Semenov | 13

Great Reed Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 13

Black-winged Pratincole | Maxim Lanin | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Vladislav Iopek | 13

Slavonian Grebe | Vladislav Iopek | 13

Eurasian Wryneck | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Great Crested Grebe | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Northern Shoveler | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Slavonian Grebe | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Chukar Partridge | Egor Vlasov | 13

Common Whitethroat | Elena Shvydun | 13

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 13

Common Tern | Elena Shvydun | 13

Blackcap | Michael Nevski | 13

Black-Billed Magpie | Michael Nevski | 13

Common Rosefinch | Michael Nevski | 13

Bluethroat | Michael Nevski | 13

Collared Flycatcher | Sergey Yefanov | 13

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Sovlan Rus | 13

Common Cuckoo | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Lesser Kestrel | Alexey Sizov | 13

Barred Warbler | Alexey Sizov | 13

Sedge Warbler | Alexey Sizov | 13

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Alexey Sizov | 13

Barred Warbler | Vitalii Kazannyk | 13

Black-legged Kittiwake | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Temminck's Stint | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Collared Pratincole | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Glossy Ibis | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Bar-tailed Godwit | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Ural Owl | Maksym Rydik | 13

Sedge Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 13

Common Swift | Sergo Travelian | 13

Sand Martin | Sergo Travelian | 13

Whiskered Tern | Sergo Travelian | 13

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Sergo Travelian | 13

Temminck's Stint | Sergo Travelian | 13

Thrush Nightingale | Roman Yaremchuk | 13

River Warbler | Roman Yaremchuk | 13

Eurasian Roller | Nikola Zmievskiy | 13

Tawny Owl | Nikola Zmievskiy | 13

Rosy Starling | Oleg Sheremet | 13

Wood Sandpiper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Little Bittern | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Ruddy Turnstone | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Red-footed Falcon | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Lesser Black-backed Gull | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Whiskered Tern | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Family Kuzhel | 13

Ortolan Bunting | Family Kuzhel | 13

Black Kite | Andrey Mis\'kov | 13

European Bee-eater | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 13

Pied Avocet | A Zhuravel | 13

Montagu's Harrier | Sergo Travelian | 13

Short-eared Owl | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 12

Booted Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Isabelline Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Garganey | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Willow Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Little Ringed Plover | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Western Marsh-Harrier | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Great Snipe | Galina Katanova | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Semenov | 12

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Semenov | 12

Great White Pelican | Andrey Semenov | 12

Red-Necked Grebe | Andrey Semenov | 12

White-winged Tern | Andrey Semenov | 12

Short-eared Owl | Andrey Semenov | 12

Spotted Flycatcher | Maxim Lanin | 12

Common Buzzard | Maxim Lanin | 12

Purple Heron | Maxim Lanin | 12

Whiskered Tern | Maxim Lanin | 12

Little Bittern | Mikhail Kalagin | 12

Common Oystercatcher | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Peregrine Falcon | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Ruff | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Terek Sandpiper | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Eurasian Linnet | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Citrine Wagtail | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Pied Flycatcher | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Garden Warbler | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Egor Vlasov | 12

Little Bustard | Egor Vlasov | 12

Steppe Eagle | Egor Vlasov | 12

Northern Lapwing | Dmitrij Andreev | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Leonid Shurov | 12

Whinchat | Elena Shvydun | 12

Red-backed Shrike | Elena Shvydun | 12

Eurasian Redstart | Elena Shvydun | 12

Eurasian Hobby | Elena Shvydun | 12

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Elena Shvydun | 12

Willow Warbler | Michael Nevski | 12

Black Stork | Alexey Sizov | 12

Short-eared Owl | Alexey Sizov | 12

White Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Eurasian Redstart | Vitaliy Mosienko | 12

Black-legged Kittiwake | Alex Sapuga | 12

Collared Pratincole | Alex Sapuga | 12

Hen Harrier | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Collared Pratincole | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Demoiselle Crane | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Northern Shoveler | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Grey Plover | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Icterine Warbler | Vladislav Chernolyev | 12

Purple Heron | Sergo Travelian | 12

Common Moorhen | Sergo Travelian | 12

Common Cuckoo | Sergo Travelian | 12

White-winged Tern | Sergo Travelian | 12

Little Tern | Sergo Travelian | 12

Spotted Flycatcher | Nikola Zmievskiy | 12

Common Whitethroat | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Wood Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Black-headed Wagtail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Ruff | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Wood Sandpiper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Red-backed Shrike | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Garden Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Sand Martin | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

European Bee-eater | Family Kuzhel | 12

Purple Heron | Family Kuzhel | 12

Hoopoe | Family Kuzhel | 12

Siberian Stonechat | Family Kuzhel | 12

Black-legged Kittiwake | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Black-winged Stilt | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Eurasian Redstart | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Corncrake | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Red-backed Shrike | Andrey Mis\'kov | 12

Marsh Warbler | Andrey Mis\'kov | 12

Red Knot | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 12

Common Eider | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 12

Woodchat Shrike | Svitlana Yemelyanova | 12

Great Reed Warbler | Kirill Konopitsyn | 12

Rosy Starling | Natalia Drabina | 12

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Semenov | 12

White-tailed Lapwing | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Demoiselle Crane | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Corncrake | Sergo Travelian | 12

European Nightjar | Nikola Zmievskiy | 12

Black-legged Kittiwake | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Rosy Starling | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12