LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .
A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .