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.
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .