A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography. Climbing up a tiny set of makeshift stairs, the bushy-tailed rodent carefully inspects a camera before observing the colourful autumnal view. Behind a different camera, 48-year-old photographer Geert Weggen captured the scene in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden. Geert says: "Seeing the little squirrel behind the camera was really amusing."
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .