A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings. From the rocky coast of Cornwall to grassy cliffs on the Isle of Skye, Alessio Andreani pictured lighthouses in five beautiful locations. The 26-year-old, of London, says: "I love taking photos of lighthouses. They probably are my favourite subject in photography. "They are one of the few man-made constructions that I feel actually add something to the landscape, and I love how they are able to face big waves and terrible weather for a really long time."
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .