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."
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
