Your photos: Cloudy skies as summer beckons

Trystan Jones

BBC News, West Midlands

16 June 2024

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Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Welchy
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It's been a mixed week weather-wise, but although we've had a fair bit of rain, most of our photographers seem to have found some dry days to get out with their cameras.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Margrove
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Margrove's photo of a field in Bromsgrove was chosen as a BBC Weather Watchers Editor's Pick on Thursday.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Snaphappydave
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This great view of a pair of owls was captured by Snaphappydave in Kinver, Staffordshire.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Jack March
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Jack March took this lovely view of the sun setting in Astley, Warwickshire.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Les at Large
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Sun might have been in short supply, but there are plenty of wildflowers around to remind us that summer (at least officially) is just around the corner, as this photo from Wolverhampton shows.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Videoman
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Cloudy and sometimes threatening skies have been a recurrent theme this week. This great view from Leek was captured by Videoman.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Stormchaser Al
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The Severn Valley Railway is in full steam as Stormchaser Al's photo near Highley, in Shropshire, shows.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Early Bird
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Canals seem popular locations for our BBC Weather Watchers, but that doesn't mean they get the towpath to themselves.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Step Counter
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Just to prove it wasn't just rain and chilly nights this week, Step Counter took this photo of a sun-kissed field in Bodenham on Wednesday.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Paul SG
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Paul SG's photo of sheep in Nuneaton was another BBC Weather Watchers Editor's pick this week.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / Grum
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Another canal view, this time from Rednal, in Shropshire, courtesy of Grum.

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