SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner. After swooping down from a branch to catch its prey, the owl safely hands over a field mouse to his family in their nest. The breathtaking photographs were captured by Italian photographer Jacopo Rigotti, 24, after he spent weeks photographing the majestic birds in South Tyrol, Italy. “My home is surrounded by forests, rivers and mountains and I am always in close contact with many species of owls,” says Jacopo, of Trentino, Italy.
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
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A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
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UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .