An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field. This magnificent bird of prey means business as she flies in and out nearby barns before landing on the ground. Canadian wildlife photographer Megan Lorenz photographed the owl as it flew through a field in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. The 39-year-old, of Etobicoke, Toronto, says: “I drove up to Ottawa to take advantage of the high number of snowies that can be found there.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .