SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend. But the hedgehog it is cutely curled up next to is in fact a garden ornament. Tiny Drew was found with three of his siblings on a cold Autumn night in Druids Heath in Birmingham. A quick-thinking member of the public rang experts from Willows Hedgehog Rescue, who came to the aid of the prickly customers.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .