A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free. With all its tiny might, the rodent manages to pull its paw free from the clutch of the huge heron's beak. This moment was caught by professional photographer Daniel Dietrich, 44, in Point Reyes, California. Daniel, originally of New York, says: “The blue heron first attempted to spear the gopher with its beak while the rodent retreated into its burrow.
STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
In 2021, Anneka Watkinson, now 37, from Lancashire, met Chris, now 40 .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .