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.
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .