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.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .