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."
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .