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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A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
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A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .