Best photos of the month, July 2025.

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 11

Grey Partridge | Andrey Shatalov | 10

Brown Dipper | Raouf Bairashev | 9

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 9

Greater Flamingo | Vladimir Muravskiy | 8

Arctic Loon | Vladimir Vorobyov | 8

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Yuriy Malkov | 8

Blue-capped Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Masked Wagtail | Galina Rosenberg | 8

Little Owl | Maksat Bisengaziev | 8

Little Owl | Maksat Bisengaziev | 8

Red-headed Bunting | Vladimir Muravskiy | 7

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Vladimir Vorobyov | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Black-winged Stilt | Anna Yasko | 7

Eversmann's Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Brown Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Common Kingfisher | Galina Rosenberg | 7

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 7

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Kentish Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Red-Necked Grebe | Zhaskairat Ermek | 6

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Zhaskairat Ermek | 6

Long-legged Buzzard | Vladimir Muravskiy | 6

Green Sandpiper | Serg Silan | 6

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 6

Spotted Flycatcher | Serg Silan | 6

Red-backed Shrike | Serg Silan | 6

White Stork | Alexandr Katuncev | 6

Baraba Steppe Gull | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Bluethroat | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Black-winged Pratincole | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Long-eared Owl | Irina Kuryanova | 6

Common Cuckoo | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Red-backed Shrike | Konstantin Andrussenko | 6

Osprey | Konstantin Andrussenko | 6

Lesser Kestrel | Konstantin Andrussenko | 6

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Tawny Pipit | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 6

Hoopoe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Common Kestrel | Hera Iceberg | 6

Little Bittern | Artem Andryuchshenko | 6

Common Whitethroat | Galina Rosenberg | 6

Streaked Scrub Warbler | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 6

Little Owl | Maksat Bisengaziev | 6

Wood Pigeon | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Himalayan Accentor | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Himalayan Rubythroat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Steppe Grey Shrike | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Desert Wheatear | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Asian Desert Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 5

Little Bittern | Aibar Magazov | 5

Hoopoe | Serg Silan | 5

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Serg Silan | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Common Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Curlew Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Yellow-backed Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Lesser Kestrel | Konstantin Andrussenko | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Northern Shoveler | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Northern Shoveler | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Long-eared Owl | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Gull-billed Tern | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

Golden Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 5

Green Sandpiper | Nurum Sagaliyev | 5

Wood Sandpiper | Nurum Sagaliyev | 5

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 5

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Siberian Stonechat | Galina Rosenberg | 5

Shikra | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 5

Egyptian Nightjar | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 5

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 5

Himalayan Accentor | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Common Sparrowhawk | Irina Kuryanova | 5

Little Owl | Maksat Bisengaziev | 5

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 4

Plain Mountain Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Crested Lark | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Red-headed Bunting | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Ruff | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Northern Lapwing | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Common Greenshank | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Steppe Eagle | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Macqueen's Bustard | Zhaskairat Ermek | 4

Red-necked Phalarope | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Steppe Grey Shrike | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Glossy Ibis | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Temminck's Stint | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Steppe Eagle | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Asian Desert Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 4

Common Sandpiper | Aibar Magazov | 4

European Golden Oriole | Aibar Magazov | 4

Tree Pipit | Aibar Magazov | 4

Spotted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 4

Black Kite | Serg Silan | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Serg Silan | 4

Masked Wagtail | Serg Silan | 4

European Greenfinch | Serg Silan | 4

Eurasian Roller | Alexandr Katuncev | 4

Yellow Wagtail | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Black-tailed Godwit | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Oystercatcher | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Baraba Steppe Gull | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Green Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Siberian Stonechat | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Common Sandpiper | Yuriy Malkov | 4

Steppe Eagle | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Black-winged Pratincole | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Pied Avocet | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Irina Kuryanova | 4

Black-winged Stilt | Irina Kuryanova | 4

Arctic Loon | Konstantin Andrussenko | 4

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Konstantin Andrussenko | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Northern Shoveler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 4

White Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Mallard | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Pochard | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Tree Sparrow | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Wood Pigeon | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Grey Partridge | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Hoopoe | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Ruddy Shelduck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Crested Lark | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

White-tailed Lapwing | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Redshank | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Syke's Warbler | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Temminck's Stint | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Marsh Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Wood Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Western Marsh-Harrier | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Black-headed Wagtail | Hera Iceberg | 4

Northern Wheatear | Artem Andryuchshenko | 4

Northern Goshawk | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

European Bee-eater | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Pallid Harrier | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Grey Partridge | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

European Bee-eater | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Northern Wheatear | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Black-tailed Godwit | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Long-legged Buzzard | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Siberian Stonechat | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Caspian Tern | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Black-headed Gull | Irina Rekuts | 4

Caspian Gull | Irina Rekuts | 4

Fieldfare | Irina Rekuts | 4

Egyptian Nightjar | Aidos Ruzayev | 4

Common Chaffinch | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Chiffchaff | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Grey Wagtail | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Common Moorhen | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Eurasian Redstart | Galina Rosenberg | 4

Rock Sparrow | Maksat Bisengaziev | 4

Hoopoe | Maksat Bisengaziev | 4

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 4

Steppe Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Merlin | Nurum Sagaliyev | 4

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Sirimbet Zharilkasin | 4

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Turkestan Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Eurasian Jackdaw | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Brown Accentor | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

White Wagtail | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Slender-billed Gull | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Curlew Sandpiper | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Marsh Sandpiper | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Great Cormorant | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Lesser Short-toed Lark | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Common Sandpiper | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Little Stint | Zhaskairat Ermek | 3

Greater Flamingo | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Kentish Plover | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Black Tern | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Glossy Ibis | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Rosy Starling | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Marsh Sandpiper | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Common Kestrel | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Isabelline Wheatear | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 3

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Aibar Magazov | 3

European Golden Oriole | Aibar Magazov | 3

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 3

Black Kite | Aibar Magazov | 3

Eurasian Nuthatch | Aibar Magazov | 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 3

Common Oystercatcher | Aibar Magazov | 3

Common Chaffinch | Aibar Magazov | 3

Levant Sparrowhawk | Aibar Magazov | 3

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Serg Silan | 3

European Bee-eater | Serg Silan | 3

Gadwall | Serg Silan | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Serg Silan | 3

Common Greenshank | Serg Silan | 3

Citrine Wagtail | Serg Silan | 3

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

Common Coot | Yuriy Malkov | 3

European Golden Oriole | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Black-Necked Grebe | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Common Kestrel | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Turkestan Shrike | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 3

Greater Flamingo | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 3

Common Kestrel | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 3

Common Starling | Nurysh Kuanyshbaev | 3

Common Swift | Anna Yasko | 3

Common Kestrel | Anna Yasko | 3

Kentish Plover | Fedor Shakula | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Fedor Shakula | 3

Brown Dipper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Common Whitethroat | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 3

Eurasian Blackbird | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Common Rosefinch | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Eurasian Nuthatch | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Willow Tit | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Common Sandpiper | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Black-headed Gull | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Montagu's Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Mallard | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Kestrel | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Moorhen | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Coot | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Slavonian Grebe | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Sky Lark | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Yellow Wagtail | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Bluethroat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Barn Swallow | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Northern Shoveler | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Black-headed Gull | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Siberian Stonechat | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Wood Pigeon | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Oriental Turtle Dove | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Wood Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Green Sandpiper | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Artem Andryuchshenko | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Artem Andryuchshenko | 3

Pine Bunting | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Golden Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Paddyfield Warbler | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Baraba Steppe Gull | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Steppe Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Steppe Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Short-eared Owl | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Pallid Harrier | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Long-legged Buzzard | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Long-legged Buzzard | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Pallas's Gull | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Common Kestrel | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Common Moorhen | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

European Bee-eater | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

European Bee-eater | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Northern Wheatear | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Common Greenshank | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Common Sandpiper | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Fieldfare | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Long-legged Buzzard | Nikita Kanunnikov | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Irina Rekuts | 3

Mallard | Irina Rekuts | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Irina Rekuts | 3

Caspian Gull | Irina Rekuts | 3

Pale Sand Martin | Irina Rekuts | 3

Common Starling | Galina Rosenberg | 3

Grey Heron | Zhanibek Ibatov | 3

Purple Heron | Zhanibek Ibatov | 3

Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 3

Osprey | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Arctic Loon | Konstantin Andrussenko | 3

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Grey Partridge | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Shatalov | 3

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Sociable Lapwing | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Steppe Eagle | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Long-legged Buzzard | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Steppe Eagle | Vladimir Muravskiy | 3

Tree Pipit | Aibar Magazov | 3

Kentish Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Little Ringed Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3

Greater Flamingo | Nurum Sagaliyev | 3

Hoopoe | Maksat Bisengaziev | 3

Black-winged Stilt | Yuriy Malkov | 3

Shikra | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 3