Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .