Tiny harvest mice are pick of the crop

A PAIR of harvest mice nibble on ears of corn in this prizewinning picture in a wildlife photo contest.

PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 00:01, Tue, May 29, 2018

Two field mice nibbling on corn SWNS

The Joys of Nature prizewinning photo.

Taken by Kutub Uddin from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, this heartwarming image beat over 500 other entries yesterday.

Second place went to Paul Stokes’ snapshot of an osprey clinging to a fish it managed to grab from a loch in Aviemore in the Highlands.

An Osprey flying through the sky SWNS

Second place went to Paul Stokes' and his image of an Osprey clinging on to a fish.

A bird sitting on a tree SWNS

Mateusz Piesiak was highly commended for his picture.

Mateusz Piesiak was highly commended with a well-timed shot of a bee-eater with its mouth open poised for its next meal – which was flying just within reach.

The Joys of Nature contest was organised by the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers.