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."
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A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
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An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .