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.
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .