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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BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
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 .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .