A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free. With all its tiny might, the rodent manages to pull its paw free from the clutch of the huge heron's beak. This moment was caught by professional photographer Daniel Dietrich, 44, in Point Reyes, California. Daniel, originally of New York, says: “The blue heron first attempted to spear the gopher with its beak while the rodent retreated into its burrow.
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .