A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park. Pictured at the beginning of rutting season, the stag can barely see through a mass of leaves tangled in his antlers as he parades around a small group of deer. The scene was photographed by accountant Val Saxby during an early morning visit to the park, located in Richmond upon Thames in south-west London. The 55-year-old, of Shaftesbury, Dorset, says: “I spotted the stag with six females amongst an avenue of trees in the park."
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
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