Best photos of the month, December 2018.

Northern Goshawk | Anna Golubeva | 10

Purple Sandpiper | Igor Torgachkin | 10

Common Kestrel | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

Black Kite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 7

Black-Necked Grebe | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

Long-eared Owl | Igor Torgachkin | 7

Great Cormorant | Igor Torgachkin | 7

Mandarin Duck | Oksana Raldugina | 7

Black Kite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 6

Common Pheasant | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 6

Bearded Tit | Khasan Zhurtov | 6

Water Rail | Igor Torgachkin | 6

Great Cormorant | Igor Torgachkin | 6

Hooded Crow | Igor Torgachkin | 6

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Inna Kyselova | 6

Ural Owl | Yuriy Kodrul | 6

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Khasan Zhurtov | 5

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Yuriy Kodrul | 5