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."
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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 .