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 SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
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 .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .