PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds. Clearly not bothered by their uncomfortable onlooker, the owls pucker up and put on a very public display of affection. This trio of Little Owls were photographed by Uzbek photographer Ilia Shalamaev, 36, after he spotted the scene on a trip to the town of Kiryat Gat, Israel. “Here you can see a family of owls playing and having fun on a branch, not far from their nesting place,” says Ilia, now of Beit Hashmonay, Israel.
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .