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."
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .