IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house. Built entirely by hand, this imaginative building was constructed by Colin Stokes as a home for his sheep. These photographs were captured in the countryside setting of Chedglow, Wiltshire by Manchester photographer Dan Circa, 28, after he decided to track down the quirky construction. 'Normally buildings like this are built for novelty, but once upon a time this was actually someone's home,' said Dan
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .