A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months. Kirsty Watson, 20, was gobsmacked when GPs referred her to an eating disorder clinic after she complained of extreme weight loss, sickness and fatigue - all common symptoms of the inflammatory digestive condition, Crohn's disease. The budding journalist from St Helens, Merseyside, could barely leave the house as she suffered from agonising stomach cramps and was violently sick up to ten times a day.
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .