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.
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .
A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .