With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .