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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
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 .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .