A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .