PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds. Clearly not bothered by their uncomfortable onlooker, the owls pucker up and put on a very public display of affection. This trio of Little Owls were photographed by Uzbek photographer Ilia Shalamaev, 36, after he spotted the scene on a trip to the town of Kiryat Gat, Israel. “Here you can see a family of owls playing and having fun on a branch, not far from their nesting place,” says Ilia, now of Beit Hashmonay, Israel.
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
FEAST your eyes onthe £3K luxury yurts that rock legend Mick Jagger will be basking in between Glastonbury performances this weekend .
Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .
Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .
LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .