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.
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .