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.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
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Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
