Best photos of the month, December 2023.

Ural Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 15

Little Gull | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Eurasian Linnet | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Bohemian Waxwing | Marina Merz | 12

Upland Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 11

Smew | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 11

Goldcrest | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Pavel Mikheyev | 11

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Raouf Bairashev | 10

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 10

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Ural Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Long-eared Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 10

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Water Rail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 10

Azure Tit | Raouf Bairashev | 9

European Robin | Andrey Kovalenko | 9

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Common Goldeneye | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 9

Azure Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Common Goldeneye | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Smew | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Eurasian Nuthatch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Black Woodpecker | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 9

Bohemian Waxwing | Marina Merz | 9

Northern Black Grouse | Irina Rekuts | 9

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 9

Great Grey Shrike | Andrey Kovalenko | 8

White-Backed Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Eurasian Nuthatch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Hawfinch | Viktor Kolesnikov | 8

Green Sandpiper | Malik Nukusbekov | 8

Common Redpoll | Serg Silan | 8

Eastern Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Common Redpoll | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Willow Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Merz | 8

Common Chiffchaff | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | Irina Rekuts | 8

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Goldcrest | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Eversmann's Redstart | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Bewick's Swan | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Mallard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Valentin Zenkov | 7

Willow Tit | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Eurasian Linnet | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Common Kestrel | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Chukar Partridge | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 7

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 7

Common Shelduck | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Eurasian Siskin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Mallard | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Willow Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Marina Merz | 7

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Marina Merz | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Water Rail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Solitary Snipe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Blue Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Smew | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Ildar Khalitov | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Irina Rekuts | 7

White-Backed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Willow Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Eurasian Siskin | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktor Kolesnikov | 7

Ural Owl | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Long-eared Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Rook | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Red-fronted Serin | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Hybrid Crow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Common Redpoll | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Great Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Common Redpoll | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Tree Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Coal Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktor Kolesnikov | 6

Red-flanked Bluetail | Malik Nukusbekov | 6

Hawfinch | Valentin Zenkov | 6

Eurasian Nuthatch | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Red-crested Pochard | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Cinereous Vulture | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Lesser Whitethroat | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Sparrowhawk | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Whooper Swan | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Brambling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Eurasian Nuthatch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Eurasian Siskin | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Hawfinch | Marina Merz | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Marina Merz | 6

Northern Wren | Leonid Ishkov | 6

Goldcrest | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Coal Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Great Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Tufted Duck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Ring-billed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Mallard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Red-breasted Merganser | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Ring-billed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Siberian Black-backed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Eastern Buzzard | Ildar Khalitov | 6

Eurasian Jay | Ildar Khalitov | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Ildar Khalitov | 6

Red Crossbill | Ildar Khalitov | 6

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 6

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 6

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 6

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 6

Tree Sparrow | Irina Rekuts | 6

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 6

Azure Tit | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Great White Egret | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Chiffchaff | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Eurasian Siskin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Great Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Willow Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Coal Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Rock Bunting | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Little Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 5

Fieldfare | Serg Silan | 5

Eurasian Nuthatch | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Common Goldeneye | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Redwing | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

Hybrid Bunting | Fedor Shakula | 5

Cinereous Vulture | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Great Grey Shrike | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 5

Fieldfare | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Bewick's Swan | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Whooper Swan | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Crested Lark | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eurasian Linnet | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Redpoll | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Olga Sivokon | 5

Common Redpoll | Marina Merz | 5

Red Crossbill | Andrey Shatalov | 5

House Sparrow | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Goldcrest | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-throated Thrush | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Great Cormorant | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

European Black Redstart | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Hooded Crow | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

European Greenfinch | Robert Parker | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Robert Parker | 5

Mute Swan | Vasilii Bastaev | 5

Common Pheasant | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Common Chaffinch | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Eurasian Blackbird | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Brambling | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Eurasian Siskin | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Common Goldeneye | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Willow Tit | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Ural Owl | Ildar Khalitov | 5

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Irina Rekuts | 5

White-Backed Woodpecker | Irina Rekuts | 5

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Eurasian Siskin | Irina Rekuts | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Baikal Bullfinch | Irina Rekuts | 5

Eurasian Dipper | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Tree Sparrow | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Common Redpoll | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

European Greenfinch | Pavel Mikheyev | 5

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Brambling | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Common Goldeneye | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Red Crossbill | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Common Redpoll | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Eurasian Nuthatch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Brambling | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Chaffinch | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Brambling | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Greenshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Spotted Nutcracker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-Necked Grebe | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Calandra Lark | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Red-breasted Merganser | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Common Redpoll | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

House Sparrow | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Green Sandpiper | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Common Pheasant | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Serg Silan | 4

Brambling | Valentin Zenkov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Mallard | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Ferruginous Duck | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Willow Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Coal Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Olga Sivokon | 4

Common Redpoll | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Caspian Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Ring-billed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Great Crested Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Mallard | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Tufted Duck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Fieldfare | Robert Parker | 4

Grey Wagtail | Nikita Kanunnikov | 4

Wood Pigeon | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Mallard | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Great White Egret | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Brambling | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Common Redpoll | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Rook | Maxim Morozov | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Maxim Morozov | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 4

Brambling | Irina Rekuts | 4

Common Treecreeper | Irina Rekuts | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Rough-legged Buzzard | Irina Rekuts | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Irina Rekuts | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Irina Rekuts | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Redwing | Irina Rekuts | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Irina Rekuts | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Irina Rekuts | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Eurasian Goldfinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Long-tailed Tit | Irina Rekuts | 4

Fieldfare | Irina Rekuts | 4

Hawfinch | Irina Rekuts | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Eurasian Blackbird | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Baikal Bullfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Redpoll | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Redpoll | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Eurasian Siskin | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Pallas's Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Hawfinch | Pavel Mikheyev | 4

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Pavel Mikheyev | 4

Goldcrest | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Red-fronted Serin | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Eurasian Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Common Goldeneye | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Redpoll | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Siskin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Long-eared Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Nuthatch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Common Pheasant | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Ildar Khalitov | 4

Hawfinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Common Goldeneye | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Valentin Zenkov | 4

Common Chaffinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Smew | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Red Crossbill | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Great Cormorant | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Long-eared Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Eurasian Jay | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Goosander | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

Northern Bullfinch | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4