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.
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
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 .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .