WINKING SQUIRREL

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.

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SLOTH SANCTUARY

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HUNGRY WHITE TIGER DIVES FOR FOOD

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ABANDONED CARE HOME LIES FORGOTTEN

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TRIG-OF -THE- EYE STREET ART

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AERIAL PICTURES OF FURTHER FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES

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TEMPLE OF ZOOM

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CUTE MINI LION

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CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

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MILLIONS OF SARDINES CREATE A TORNADO WAVE

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

SHIVERING SQUIRREL

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .