Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman. Spending the afternoon rolling up balls of snow, the adorable rodent looks content with the ice cold creation. The adorable snowy squirrel was spotted and photographed by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I was photographing the squirrel in the woods, as I find they are not as skittish or as afraid of people as they are in the city.
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
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 .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .