An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - BRAVE TOT ALLERGIC TO SUN: Leighton Brownrigg, 2 .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

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

A 23st woman who was left humiliated after breaking a TOILET SEAT has lost an incredible 11st .

Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .

A soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .