TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention. While two owls settle down to rest, a third still wants to have fun and clasps hold of his brother’s wing. The little owls were photographed in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire by sales manager Dean Mason. The 48-year-old, of Bournemouth, Dorset, says: “The three siblings are doing exactly what siblings do - playing combined with the odd argument.”
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .