TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner. A doting dad passes a delicious wormy treat to his owlet as they soak up the English sunshine. These heart-warming photographs were captured by 45 year old graphic designer Mark Bridger near Basingstoke, Hampshire. Mark, who took up photography five years ago, has developed a passion for photographing birds. Mark says: "I have always admired photography, but it wasn't until I received a camera for my 40th Birthday that I actually started to take my own photographs...
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .