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.
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .