An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back. Surrounded by misty woodland in south-west London, the pair appear to have escaped from a scene in Walt Disney's classic 1942 animated film, Bambi. The moment was captured by 54-year-old photographer Val Saxby at Bushy Park in Richmond upon Thames, London.
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .