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 pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
