Wild hippos, cheeky lorikeets and tussling deer: your wildlife pictures

‘Squirrel on a limb: A red squirrel at Formby Point, Merseyside.’
Photograph: keenlyside/GuardianWitness

‘Seal on Waxham beach.’
Photograph: James Buntin/GuardianWitness

‘Locust shot in the Dlinza Forest Reserve, Eshowe, South Africa.’
Photograph: apc108/GuardianWitness

‘Cheeky Rainbow Lorikeets!’
Photograph: Katewashere/GuardianWitness

‘Is the coast clear?’
Photograph: Jenny Downing/GuardianWitness

‘Ichidna in our front garden.’
Photograph: Terry Davis/GuardianWitness

‘West Africa’s life : wild hippos from a dugout canoe.’ Photograph: PaulAbsalon/GuardianWitness

‘Melanistic common lizard.’
Photograph: AppliedEcology/GuardianWitness

‘More butterflies in the making...’
Photograph: Gerrie Stegehuis/GuardianWitness

‘Early morning visit looking for breakfast.’
Photograph: stcplodder/GuardianWitness

‘Deer on Cannock Chase.’
Photograph: Gail Johnson/GuardianWitness

‘A field mouse has a quick look outside of his house.’ Photograph: Nikki Lennox/GuardianWitness

‘Kookaburra having a dip in our pool.’
Photograph: ritavp/GuardianWitness