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.
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .