Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
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 .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .