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."
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .