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.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
Giancarlo pictured at home during his recovery, wearing his compression garments - A mother-of-three has revealed how her 10-month-old son was severely burnt at nursery .
A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .