BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.
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A woman who suffered from body dysmorphic disorder has overcome her illness by becoming a LINGERIE MODEL .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
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SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .