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.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .