DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey. The osprey swoops in, with its eyes firmly fixed on the trout below, before making a sharp exit with his meal. The moment was photographed by Andrew Lee in El Dorado Park in Long Beach, California. ‘The osprey at this lake circled the edges trying to spot a fish,’ says Andrew, of Irvine, California.
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .