TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner. A doting dad passes a delicious wormy treat to his owlet as they soak up the English sunshine. These heart-warming photographs were captured by 45 year old graphic designer Mark Bridger near Basingstoke, Hampshire. Mark, who took up photography five years ago, has developed a passion for photographing birds. Mark says: "I have always admired photography, but it wasn't until I received a camera for my 40th Birthday that I actually started to take my own photographs...
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .