An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake. Pictured in the Scottish Highlands, the bird hits the water before lifting off with a rainbow trout in its talons. The striking photographs were captured by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron, of Watford, when he visited the Rothiemurchus fishery in Aviemore, Scotland.
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .