The week in wildlife - in pictures

A lizard clings to a charred tree branch after a blaze affecting over 500 hectares of Dorset's Upton Heath was was brought under control overnight near Poole in southwest England. The UK has been hit by drought Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

A cube boxfish fish (Ostracion cubicus) swims near coral Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

A white peacock opens its feathers. The peacock is the national bird of India and the white peacock is often mistaken for an albino, but it is in fact a recessive mutation Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

A wood frog rests beside a chanterelle mushroom Photograph: NIKOLA SOLIC/REUTERS

Peregrine falcon chicks are tagged and weighed by the Forestry Commission in Northumberland amid fears that poor weather and poaching have taken their toll on the birds Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A cow drinks water from a polluted pond on the outskirts of Jammu, India Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

If the swift is the Usain Bolt of the bird world, then this puffed-up fellow – the great snipe – must be the Haile Gebrselassie. Great snipes are capable of extraordinary long-distance feats, and can fly non-stop from Sweden to sub-Saharan Africa in just two days. This one was snapped in Turov, Belarus Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

A swan hatchling sits on its mother's back on the Outer Alster in Hamburg, Germany Photograph: Malte Christians/EPA

Pink dolphins in the waters off Lantau in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's ambitious plans to expand its airport to meet soaring demand have sparked protests from environmentalists who say it would further endanger the city's rare dolphins Photograph: Hk Dolphin Conservation Society/AFP/Getty Images

Boophis lilianae treefrogs mating. More than 600 new species have been discovered in Madagascar Photograph: Axel Strauss/WWF/PA

Dead fish float at the Nilahue river after the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Rininahue, southern Chile Photograph: Carlos Succo/AP

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims off the coast of Maui, Hawaii. A new map issued by Conservation International, Where The Turtles Are, reveals nesting sites of the world's green turtles Photograph: Neil Ever Osborne/CI

A bee collects pollen from a flower in the roof garden above a supermarket in London, England. The roof garden, the produce from which is sold in the Budgens supermarket below it, is participating this year in the Open Garden Squares Weekend on 11 and 12 June. The Open Garden Squares Weekend lets members of the public visit over 200 gardens across the capital, many of which are usually private Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Heidi the cross-eyed possum in her enclosure at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany. Heidi made the headlines in December 2010 and became an internet hit, winning more than 65,000 friends on Facebook Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Indian villagers carry a leopard which they killed after it wandered into the Bahjoi village. Every year hundreds of people across India die when wild animals wander into cities as their natural habitats shrink and they have to range farther for food. India's national parks suffer massive encroachment from people who live and forage for food in the forests or graze their cattle inside Photograph: AP

A small copper butterfly. Britain's butterflies were on the wing earlier than ever before this spring following a warm April Photograph: Matt Berry/Butterfly Conservatio/PA

The carcass of a giant leatherback turtle was found early on 6 June, on the beach in Genoa. The animal, weighing over two tonness and two meters in length, was beheaded. According to experts, the animal could have been thrown on the rocks during a heavy storm Photograph: Luca Zennaro/EPA

Frost covers winter leaves that have fallen from some of the thousands of trees that grow in and around the Emmerencia park in central Johannesburg, South Africa Photograph: KIM LUDBROOK/EPA