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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .