THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
