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.
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
