SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .