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."
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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 .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .