LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .