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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With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
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This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
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In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
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