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."
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
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 .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .