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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .