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 and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .