Best photos of the month, December 2023.

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Pine Grosbeak | Olga Nemezhikova | 14

Ural Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 13

Azure-winged Magpie | Mihail Ivanov | 12

Pine Grosbeak | Elena Bobachenko | 12

Pine Grosbeak | Olga Nemezhikova | 12

Bohemian Waxwing | Vladimir Maer | 11

Northern Bullfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Spotted Nutcracker | Vladimir Kuzmin | 11

Pine Grosbeak | Olga Nemezhikova | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Vladimir Maer | 10

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Pine Grosbeak | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Fieldfare | Vladimir Maer | 9

Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Maer | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Eurasian Siskin | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Pine Grosbeak | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Snowy Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Peregrine Falcon | Valerii Bogdanovich | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Elena Bobachenko | 9

Snowy Owl | Irina Kruglova | 9

Northern Grey Shrike | Andrey Borodkin | 9

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 9

Common Chaffinch | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Pine Grosbeak | Igor Fefelov | 8

Bohemian Waxwing | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 8

Northern Hazelhen | Vadim Ivushkin | 8

Azure-winged Magpie | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Eurasian Dipper | Ekaterina Shichkova | 8

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Upland Buzzard | Tatiana Semenova | 8

Pine Grosbeak | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Northern Hawk Owl | Olga Kolotilina | 8

Pine Grosbeak | Elena Fedotova | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Vjacheslav Liutin | 8

Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Maer | 8

Northern Bullfinch | Vladimir Maer | 7

Willow Tit | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Eurasian Siskin | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Eurasian Blackbird | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Merlin | Nina Shteinbrenner | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Nina Shteinbrenner | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Long-tailed Duck | Nikita Yablokov | 7

White's Thrush | Ekaterina Shichkova | 7

Northern Bullfinch | Ekaterina Shichkova | 7

Eurasian Blackbird | Ekaterina Shichkova | 7

Northern Black Grouse | Vladimir Kuzmin | 7

Pine Grosbeak | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Pine Grosbeak | Elena Bobachenko | 7

Pine Grosbeak | Ira Han | 7

Pine Grosbeak | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Eurasian Jay | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Bohemian Waxwing | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Northern Hawk Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 6

Common Kestrel | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Northern Bullfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Yuliya Shalamova | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Katya Tsekhmister | 6

Tree Sparrow | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Spotted Nutcracker | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Vladimir Kuzmin | 6

Mallard | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | Ira Han | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Andrey Borodkin | 6

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 6

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 6

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Ural Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

White's Thrush | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6

Snowy Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 6