Best photos of the month, August 2016.

Red-necked Phalarope | Roman Barabash | 6

Merlin | Sergey Volkov | 6

Eurasian Spoonbill | Sergey Ryzhkov | 6

Ruff | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Sergey Ryzhkov | 5

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

European Turtle Dove | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Levant Sparrowhawk | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Curlew Sandpiper | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Ryzhkov | 4

Levant Sparrowhawk | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Little Stint | Viacheslav Kaistro | 3

Little Gull | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Roman Barabash | 3

Spotted Crake | Roman Barabash | 3

Ruddy Turnstone | Roman Barabash | 3

Black-winged Pratincole | Alex Komarovskiy | 3