Your pictures: Summer sun and thunderstorms

A single bolt of lightning above a residential street illuminates the sky yellow and pink. There is wooden fence in the foreground.BBC Weather Watchers / Christie

Flashes of lighting illuminated the sky above Spennymoor, County Durham

Pamela Tickell
BBC News, North East and Cumbria

As the UK basks in its third heatwave of the summer, the north-east of England and Cumbria has seen a mix of bright sunny days followed by sudden, heavy thunderstorms this season.

Our Weather Watchers have been capturing the fast-changing weather.

Here are some of our favourites.

A group of baby mallard ducks huddled on the shore in front of a lake. They are small with brown and yellow feathers.BBC Weather Watchers / Richard R Clark

All manner of creatures enjoyed a spell of sunshine in Sunderland

The end of a rainbow comes down over the Northumberland coast. Castle ruins sit on the cliff side.BBC Weather Watchers / Cosmos

We were over the rainbow to see this scene from Beadnell, Northumberland

A sweeping meadow of red, yellow and purple wildflowers in bloom. The sky is blue.BBC Weather Watchers / Figaro

The flowers were in bloom in Stanley, County Durham...

Dark grey storm clouds, sligtly illuminated by the sunshine. The silhouette of the Penshaw Monument sits atop the hill in the bottom right.BBC Weather Watchers / MackemIan

...but storm clouds were brewing over the Penshaw Monument in Sunderland

A village road is waterlogged meaning passing cars are throwing up pools of brown rainwater.BBC Weather Watchers / Moir the Merrier

Alnwick in Northumberland saw rainy downpours

The sun is breaking through the clouds above the countryside, creating rays of light that are falling on the fields below.BBC Weather Watchers / ScarthCruddle

The sun broke through the clouds in Natland, Cumbria

Two dolphins mid-jump out of the light blue ocean, causing a splash. The sky above is grey and as a bird flies overhead.Simon Woodley

Meanwhile, dolphins in Roker made the most of the morning sun

A small dog causes a splash as it plays in a lake. The sun is shining and the mountainous Cumbrian landscape is in the background.Melissa Wooley

Our four-legged friends cooled down in Crummock Water, Cumbria

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