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...
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
