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.
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .