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 Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
