WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up. After a day of playing on the beach with friends, the grey seal spends a few minutes nudging the photography equipment with his nose before striking a pose. The adorable seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. The 26-year-old, of Turin, Italy, says: ‘I came quite close to the seals trying to get the perfect picture. This pup saw me and it was absolutely not scared of the camera at all.
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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 .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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