SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible. The small group of European ground squirrels compete with one another as they eagerly nibble at their lunch at the Radouc Nature reserve in the Czech Republic. The lunch break was captured by 33-year-old photographer and engineer Jiri Michal, as he spent the afternoon at the reserve.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
