Big Picture: This week's images from the South

Spring days with spectacular skies feature in this week's Big Pictures.

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.

The bright yellow bloom of a daffodil dominates the frame of this image with a red and black ladybird settled on it's coronet.Yen Milne

This amazing close-up of a ladybird on a daffodil was captured by BBC Weather Watcher Yen Milne on Wednesday in Fareham

The sun heads towards the horizon over a lake and is reflected in the mirror like surface of the water. Daffodils are almost translucent as the sunlight shines through them in the foreground. Some houses can be seen on the right bathed in the golden hue of the setting sun in a clear skyjd248

Golden hour in Didcot in Oxfordshire on Monday captured by BBC Weather Watcher jd248

A steam train sits in the middle of the image with white steam emerging from it's boiler. Above are blue skies with white fluffy clouds that mirror the steam. The train is green and black with a red bumper. There's a green bank on one side of the tracks and a wooden cabin on the other.Chris Cumulus

Where steam ends and clouds begin? BBC Weather Watcher Chris Cumulus captured this scene in Swanage in Dorset

More than a dozen seagulls rest on a wooden breakwater overlooking a calm sea. The Grey sky is reflected in the water making it difficult to tell where the sky ends and the sea begins.Sparrow

Almost like an image from Finding Nemo, these seagulls were captured at Sandown on the Isle of Wight on Sunday by BBC Weather Watcher Sparrow

Yellow emerging catkins of a willow adorn a branch with a backdrop of clear blue skyPumpkins Mum

As we passed the spring equinox BBC Weather Watcher Pumpkins Mum caught the willow awakening in Tilehurst in west Berkshire

A swan rushes towards the camera, as it lands on the water of a pond with its wings stretched out. The wake of its movement can be see behind it and a bow of water just before it. The sky is blue above the trees and houses in the background.Yen Milne

Incoming swan caught by BBC Weather Watcher Yen Milne in Fareham on Thursday

A grey sky can be seen above a roofline. A bolt of lightning is moving across the sky horizontally. A tree stands to the right of the image.Midge

BBC Weather Watcher Midge timed this shot of lightning perfectly in Chinnor in 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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Terms and conditions

If you submit a picture, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions and the BBC's privacy policy.

In contributing to the South's Big Picture you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide.

It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute and that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside.

The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.

At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws while collecting any kind of media.

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