Best photos of the month, May 2022.

Eurasian Spoonbill | Malik Nukusbekov | 12

Semi-collared Flycatcher | Alexandr Fedulin | 12

Little Bustard | Ainur Iskakova | 11

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 11

Red-rumped Swallow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

Long-eared Owl | Yuriy Malkov | 10

Common Cuckoo | Ainur Iskakova | 10

Black-crowned Night Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Robert Parker | 10

Baillon's Crake | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Egyptian Vulture | Robert Parker | 9

Collared Pratincole | Yevgeny Belousov | 8

Common Rosefinch | Anna Yasko | 8

Trumpeter Finch | Fedor Shakula | 8

Little Bittern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Common Nightingale | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Terek Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Baillon's Crake | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Steppe Eagle | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Hume's Whitethroat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Little Bustard | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Squacco Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Chukar Partridge | Robert Parker | 7

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Common Nightingale | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Common Nightingale | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Common Nightingale | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Common Whitethroat | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Tibetan Common Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Vladimir Muravskiy | 6

Common Greenshank | Yuriy Malkov | 6

European Golden Oriole | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Greenish Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Common Pheasant | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Common Whitethroat | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Sandpiper | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Spotted Flycatcher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

Grey-necked Bunting | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

Himalayan Rubythroat | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

Saxaul Sparrow | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Siberian Stonechat | Robert Parker | 6

Booted Eagle | Robert Parker | 6

Semi-collared Flycatcher | Alexandr Fedulin | 6

Common Nightingale | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 6

Common Nightingale | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Nightingale | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Red-rumped Swallow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Demoiselle Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Viktor Kolesnikov | 5

Caspian Gull | Viktor Kolesnikov | 5

Sociable Lapwing | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Common Nightingale | Alexandr Katuncev | 5

Fieldfare | Andrey Krasnikov | 5

Mute Swan | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Baillon's Crake | Anna Yasko | 5

Common Whitethroat | Anna Yasko | 5

Common Cuckoo | Anna Yasko | 5

Ruddy Turnstone | Anna Yasko | 5

Pied Wheatear | Anna Yasko | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrei Kuryashkin | 5

Gadwall | Andrei Kuryashkin | 5

Little Bittern | Ainur Iskakova | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Olga Sivokon | 5

Common Nightingale | Ruslan Telegin | 5

Whinchat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Indian Golden Oriole | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 5

Wood Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Egyptian Vulture | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

White-tailed Lapwing | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Great White Pelican | Gani Nazarbek | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Gani Nazarbek | 5

Tibetan Common Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Little Bittern | Alexandr Katuncev | 5

Trumpeter Finch | Fedor Shakula | 5

Semi-collared Flycatcher | Alexandr Fedulin | 5

Common Nightingale | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Thrush Nightingale | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Egyptian Vulture | Robert Parker | 5

Baillon's Crake | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Tibetan Common Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Rock Pigeon | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Wood Pigeon | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Montagu's Harrier | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Pine Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Mallard | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

European Bee-eater | Yevgeny Belousov | 4

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Whooper Swan | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Sky Lark | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Hybrid Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Savi's Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Terek Sandpiper | Anna Yasko | 4

European Golden Oriole | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Andrei Kuryashkin | 4

Black-headed Wagtail | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Spotted Redshank | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Black-crowned Night Heron | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Demoiselle Crane | Ruslan Telegin | 4

Grey Partridge | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Common Whitethroat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

European Bee-eater | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 4

Azure Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Black Stork | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Great Cormorant | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Pallid Scops Owl | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Common Cuckoo | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Azure Tit | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Steppe Grey Shrike | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 4

Thrush Nightingale | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Spanish Sparrow | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Collared Pratincole | Gani Nazarbek | 4

Common Tern | Svetlana Artyushina | 4

Black Kite | Anatoliy Korovkin | 4

Willow Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Little Bustard | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Trumpeter Finch | Fedor Shakula | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Common Tern | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Black Kite | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Mallard | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Blue Whistling Thrush | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Chukar Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Eurasian Roller | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

White-capped Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Sky Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Sky Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Black-backed Citrine Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Masked Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Turkestan Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Himalayan Vulture | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Brown Dipper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Common Tern | Viktor Kolesnikov | 3

Eurasian Hobby | Yevgeny Belousov | 3

Common Swift | Yevgeny Belousov | 3

Greenish Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Common Whitethroat | Serg Silan | 3

European Golden Oriole | Serg Silan | 3

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 3

Common Pheasant | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Black-crowned Night Heron | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Barn Swallow | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Red-crested Pochard | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Sky Lark | Gleb Bolbotov | 3

Slavonian Grebe | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Common Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Common Greenshank | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Bluethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Oriental Turtle Dove | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Booted Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Greater White-fronted Goose | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Willow Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

European Bee-eater | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Oriental Turtle Dove | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Great Reed Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Common Whitethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Barred Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Great Reed Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Alexandr Belyaev | 3

Common Coot | Alexandr Belyaev | 3

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Anna Yasko | 3

Whinchat | Anna Yasko | 3

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Anna Yasko | 3

Rosy Starling | Anna Yasko | 3

Little Tern | Anna Yasko | 3

Spotted Flycatcher | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 3

White-tailed Lapwing | Fedor Shakula | 3

Black Lark | Andrei Kuryashkin | 3

Garganey | Andrei Kuryashkin | 3

Black Lark | Andrei Kuryashkin | 3

Steppe Eagle | Andrei Kuryashkin | 3

Egyptian Vulture | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Savi's Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Eurasian Blackbird | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Eurasian Redstart | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Grey Wagtail | Olga Sivokon | 3

Common Cuckoo | Olga Sivokon | 3

Great Crested Grebe | Olga Sivokon | 3

Mistle Thrush | Olga Sivokon | 3

Mistle Thrush | Olga Sivokon | 3

Lesser Whitethroat | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Demoiselle Crane | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Azure Tit | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Common Tern | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Common Tern | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Common Nightingale | Ruslan Telegin | 3

Black Kite | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 3

Ortolan Bunting | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 3

Bluethroat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Willow Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Thrush Nightingale | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Red-fronted Serin | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Spotted Flycatcher | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Rosy Starling | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Saxaul Sparrow | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Calandra Lark | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Eurasian Whimbrel | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Squacco Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Chukar Partridge | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Common Kestrel | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Lesser Grey Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Purple Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Turkestan Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Lesser Grey Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Eurasian Roller | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Spotted Flycatcher | Robert Parker | 3

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Robert Parker | 3

Spotted Flycatcher | Robert Parker | 3

Black-crowned Night Heron | Gani Nazarbek | 3

Ferruginous Duck | Gani Nazarbek | 3

Black-headed Gull | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Common Whitethroat | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Pine Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Black-backed Citrine Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Demoiselle Crane | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Demoiselle Crane | Gleb Bolbotov | 3

Common Greenshank | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Northern House Martin | Anna Yasko | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Little Bittern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Mistle Thrush | Olga Sivokon | 3

Whinchat | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 3

Common Starling | Andrey Shatalov | 3

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Yelbossyn Babalyk | 3

Squacco Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Glossy Ibis | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Thrush Nightingale | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Spotted Flycatcher | Robert Parker | 3

Great White Pelican | Gani Nazarbek | 3

Great Cormorant | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Common Swift | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Black Kite | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Common Whitethroat | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Grey Heron | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Greenish Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Willow Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Blue Whistling Thrush | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Hybrid Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Willow Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Great Cormorant | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Barn Swallow | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Little Bittern | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Cattle Egret | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Red-headed Bunting | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Common Swift | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Black-headed Gull | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Red-headed Bunting | Anatoliy Korovkin | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3