Big Picture: This week's images from the south

Join us as we take a few moments to relax and enjoy the beauty of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight through the stunning images you have sent us.

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at southweather@bbc.co.uk.

A close-up of a snail on a wet pathway. It has a yellow shell with a brown Fibonacci curve on its back. The brown lip of its shell where it meets its grey body gives it its species name.Yen Milne

A brown-lipped snail making its away across a wet path in the drizzle, captured by BBC Weather Watcher Yen Milne's eye in Fareham in Hampshire

Two green hills slope down towards the centre of the image where a small green tree stands. A wooden gate with metal hinges is in the foreground looking up the valley towards the sky which is bright blue with white clouds.Dee Cee

BBC Weather Watcher Dee Cee took this while heading up the valley on a sunny day in Furzebrook, Dorset

A dark grey kite shaped like a plane with a red long tail spiralling behind it flying in the sky. It is close to the ground as people can be seen on the grass in the background along with an ice cream van, some gazebos and trees. The sun is shining with lots of clouds in the blue sky.Georgeta

BBC Weather Watcher Georgeta was at the Norden Farm Kite Festival in Maidenhead in Berkshire this week

Eight fallow deer stand in close formation among bracken looking at towards the photographer against a grey sky backdropHang Ross

A parcel of fallow dear among the bracken in Lyndhurst, captured by BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross

A night-time image of a clear starry sky above rooftops. There is a definite pink hue to much of the sky caused by the northern lights. Moxley

A pink hue of the northern lights snapped in Blandford Forum by BBC Weather Watcher Moxley at 03:00

A grey sea reflects yellow sunlight across it's choppy surface. The sun is hidden behind an equally grey cloud with beams of golden sunlight emanating across the skyTomW

BBC Weather Watcher TomW was up early to see the sunrise above the sea in Ryde on the Isle of Wight

A circular multi-tiered building has reflective glass surface which shows the blue skies and white clouds that hang above it. The building sits in a city street with paving in front of it and a church-like building in the background.billyboy

The reflective curves of the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford was spotted by BBC Weather Watcher billyboy

Waves crash against a sea wall and rocks as a stiff breeze holds fish kites tied to poles out horizontally. The fish kites are multicoloured and fly just above some café chairs sitting on a terrace. The sky is mostly clear bar a few sparse fluffy white clouds and the sun is shining.shaws view

It was windy in Fortuneswell in Dorset when BBC Weather Watcher shaws view took this photo

The sun is shining after heavy rain across a garden seen with neighbouring houses in the background. Above it all shine two full rainbows.PennyB

This spectacular double rainbow was spotted by BBC Weather Watcher PennyB in Beeden in Berkshire

Four swallow chicks stand in a nest set in the corner of roof beams. Each has it's yellow mouth wide open awaiting a returning parent with food.dogsrock

These swallow chicks were spotted singing for their supper by BBC Weather Watcher dogsrock in Wokingham, Berkshire

Ears of corn stand tall in the golden sunlight in front of a field of wheat. A blue sky with dark foreboding clouds can be seen in the background with some trees on the horizon. Wiff

BBC Weather Watcher Wiff snapped this harvest image in Woodstock, Oxfordshire

How to submit a picture

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at southweather@bbc.co.uk. For inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers.

When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:

  • The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)

  • Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputs

  • The location, date and time the pictures were taken

  • Your telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further questions

  • Any other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to know

Please note that while we welcome all your pictures, we are more likely to use those which have been taken in the past week.

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