ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight. Wildlife photographer Simon Phillpotts spotted the adorable squirrel in the woods by his house in the Yorkshire Dales. The 41-year-old, of Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, says: “Red squirrels are often very inquisitive and while they can’t roll a snowball, this one looks like he might have managed it and could be about to lob it at someone. ‘This was one of the cheekiest and most curious squirrels in my woodland, and as soon as he saw the snowball he ran over to it to take a closer look.
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 .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .