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.
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
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Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
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A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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 .
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A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .