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.
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .