A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside. Freelance photographer Matt Bigwood wanted to convey the movement of stars when he photographed the night sky over Gloucestershire. Using long exposures, Matt shot the same location multiple times, before layering the images on top of each other to create the star trails in the sky. The 46-year-old, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, says: “My aim is just to produce eye-catching pictures that convey maybe an hour or more movement into one image.
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
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 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .