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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .