With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .