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."
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .