SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
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A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
