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."
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A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
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SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
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With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
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