A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink. The owl, which was perched on a post, was photographed in a field close to Eclipse Falconry in Middleton, Staffordshire. Photographer Louise Morris, 54, of Belbroughton, Worcestershire, spotted the camera friendly bird of prey sitting on a post. Louise says: “I was very amused by the wink, as I’m sure the owl was as well.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
