PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner. The adult barn swallow arrives and hovers in mid-air, with an insect hanging from its beak. The six-legged treat is then delivered directly into the young bird’s open mouth, with the mother bird still hovering above. Wildlife photographer Menno Schaefer, of Zaandam, Netherlands, captured the moment during a trip to an open field in Spaarnwoude, a village north of Amsterdam.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
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 .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
A LUXURY baby cot has hit the shelves with a price tag just shy of 10 MILLION POUNDS .