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.
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .