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 Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .