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 young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
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 .