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.
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .