Best photos of the month, August 2023.

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Chumakov | 15

Common Crane | Pavel Karplyuk | 12

Saker Falcon | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Arctic Loon | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Sand Martin | Elena Fedotova | 12

Terek Sandpiper | Vladimir Maer | 11

Spotted Crake | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 11

Pale Sand Martin | Aleksey Bolshakov | 11

Desert Wheatear | Elena Bobachenko | 11

Eastern Buzzard | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Black Stork | Elena Bobachenko | 10

Eurasian Spoonbill | Victor Khamin | 9

Crested Honey-buzzard | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Siberian Rubythroat | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Common Stonechat | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Whooper Swan | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Baillon's Crake | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 9

Short-eared Owl | Mishail Belousow | 9

Arctic Warbler | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 8

Eurasian Hobby | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Crested Honey-buzzard | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Mute Swan | Katya Tsekhmister | 8

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Mongolian Finch | Elena Bobachenko | 8

Northern Shoveler | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Eastern Buzzard | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Little Ringed Plover | Vladimir Maer | 7

Sedge Warbler | Vladimir Maer | 7

Upland Buzzard | Vladimir Maer | 7

Ruddy Turnstone | Vladimir Maer | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Common Kestrel | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Pacific Golden Plover | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Peregrine Falcon | Mihail Ivanov | 7

Eurasian Jay | Victor Khamin | 7

Hooded Crow | Aleksei Kungurov | 7

Red-billed Chough | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Grey Heron | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Caspian Tern | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Common Kestrel | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Eurasian Redstart | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Bar-headed Goose | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Brown Accentor | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Daurian Redstart | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Common Crane | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Rufous-necked Stint | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Ruddy Turnstone | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

European Nightjar | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

European Bee-eater | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Andrey Chernykh | 6

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Steppe Eagle | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Long-toed Stint | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Sanderling | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Northern Lapwing | Olga Nemezhikova | 6

Common Kingfisher | Elena Fedotova | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Vjacheslav Liutin | 6

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Eurasian Curlew | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Curlew Sandpiper | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Long-toed Stint | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Temminck's Stint | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Azure-winged Magpie | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Chestnut-eared Bunting | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Eastern Marsh-harrier | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Eurasian Goldfinch | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

White-headed Duck | Vadim Ivushkin | 5

Eurasian Jackdaw | Aleksei Kungurov | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Far Eastern Curlew | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Taiga Flycatcher | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Black Woodpecker | Nadezhda Orlova | 5

Rufous-necked Stint | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Rufous-necked Stint | Oleg Andreyenkov | 5

Pacific Golden Plover | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Chestnut-eared Bunting | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Rufous-necked Stint | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Common Coot | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Booted Warbler | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Temminck's Stint | Olga Nemezhikova | 5

Common Kingfisher | Elena Fedotova | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Vjacheslav Liutin | 5

Upland Buzzard | Vladimir Maer | 5

Chestnut-eared Bunting | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Victor Khamin | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Black Stork | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Common Pochard | Hera Iceberg | 5

Eastern Buzzard | Olga Nemezhikova | 5