A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy. Jacopo Rigotti, of Val Di Cembra, Trento, Italy, photographed the bird as she flew towards her nest, located in the trunk of a black pine tree, before feeding her hungry chicks a beakful of insects. The 25-year-old photographer says: "I decided to set up the camera on a tripod at the base of the tree, along with a flash that would help to prevent shadows in the photographs."
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .