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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .