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 an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .