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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .