LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish. The birds jostle with one another as fish is thrown into the lake in Greece. The food fight was photographed in Lake Kerkini in Sintiki, Greece by Jiri Michal. The 34-year-old Czech engineer says: “I lay down on the ground to get in the perfect position to photograph the Dalmatian pelicans, while my colleague threw some Pigo fish into the air for them to catch.
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .