OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .