USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free. These eerie photographs were compiled by social media director James Whatley, 34, who stumbled into the idea of capturing a deserted Underground. 'It was almost accidental if I'm perfectly honest,' says James, of London. 'I've spent nearly six years capturing these moments and it was only after the first five that I realised I was making a hobby of it.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
