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.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
