Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion. The adorable rodent, which is just 55mm long, is dwarfed by the flower and covered with dandelion seeds. The harvest mouse was photographed by maintenance engineer Martin Snelson when he visited a farm in Ashton-in-Makerfield and spotted the curious creature.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
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 .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
