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.
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .