An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .

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 .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .