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."
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .