Best photos of the month, May 2018.

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 10

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 8

Little Crake | Andrey Chernykh | 5

Common Snipe | Andrey Chernykh | 5

Garganey | Vladislav Zhizhkov | 5

Short-eared Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 5

Eurasian Bittern | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Ruff | Mishail Belousow | 4

Merlin | Mishail Belousow | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 4

Baillon's Crake | Andrey Chernykh | 4

Marsh Sandpiper | Ruslan Kirillin | 4

Northern Pintail | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 4

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 4

Ruff | Vladimir Maer | 4

European Golden Oriole | Alexei Ebel | 3

Long-eared Owl | Vladimir Maer | 3

Corncrake | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 3

Jack Snipe | Mishail Belousow | 3

Jack Snipe | Mishail Belousow | 3

Rough-legged Buzzard | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Great Snipe | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Meadow Bunting | Mihail Ivanov | 3

Common Starling | Denis Zhbir | 3

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 3

Ruff | Maxim Afanasiev | 3

Common Shelduck | Vladimir Maer | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Pacific Swift | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Siberian Crane | Ivan Aianitov | 3

Common Greenshank | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Icterine Warbler | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 3

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 3

Common Shelduck | Vladimir Maer | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Vladimir Maer | 2

Bearded Tit | Vladimir Maer | 2

Barn Swallow | Sergey Chumakov | 2

Eurasian Bittern | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Pallid Harrier | Yuriy Guzenko | 2

Eurasian Wryneck | Konstantin Samodurow | 2

Pallid Harrier | Nina Shteinbrenner | 2

Daurian Jackdaw | Valerii Bogdanovich | 2

Red-backed Shrike | Ilya Sukhov | 2

Oriental Cuckoo | Fredrik von Euler | 2

Northern Black Grouse | Ruslan Kirillin | 2

Sky Lark | Ruslan Kirillin | 2

Common Cuckoo | Denis Zhbir | 2

Common Kingfisher | Denis Zhbir | 2

Garganey | Maxim Afanasiev | 2

Tufted Duck | Ivan Aianitov | 2

Siberian Rubythroat | Sergey Chumakov | 2

Great Grey Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Pale Sand Martin | Nina Shteinbrenner | 2

Daurian Jackdaw | Valerii Bogdanovich | 2

Ruff | Ilya Sukhov | 2

Common Pochard | Vladimir Maer | 2

Common Starling | Denis Zhbir | 2

Ruff | Vladimir Maer | 2

Corncrake | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Ruff | Nina Shteinbrenner | 2