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 .
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Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
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IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .