Somerset in Pictures: Tractors, rainbows and a circus

Wells and Glastonbury Young Farmers Club raised £2,100 through a Christmas tractor run

Decorated tractors, historical re-enactments, Christmas services and a circus spectacular were just some of the images which have been captured by photographers out and about in Somerset.

Here is a selection of the best pictures this week.

Wells and Glastonbury Young Farmers Club raised more than £2,100 through its very first Christmas tractor run.

In total, 120 tractors joined the procession, all adorned with Christmas decorations.

The money raised will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Legion of the Stag, a battle re-enactment group based in Ilminster, have been captured by photographer Simon Plant as part of his project Life in a Somerset Landscape.

The group specialises in 12-14th Century history, performing at festivals, schools, and on television.

This year's Somerset Freemasons Christmas carol service in Wells Cathedral took place on Wednesday evening.

Circus Funtasia is performing in Burnham-on-Sea throughout the festive period, bringing its daring and entertaining routines to a local audience.

Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue's trainee rope rescue operators were being put through their paces at Cheddar Gorge.

The mountain rescue team, which has been operating in the region since 1975, works alongside the police, ambulance service, fire service and cave rescue.

Another Folly, ridden by Ciaran Gethings, was among the horses competing in the Handicap Chase at Wincanton Racecourse on Tuesday.

He eventually finished second, losing out to winner King Arise.

Beautiful late afternoon light captured the last vestiges of autumn on this tree-lined lane deep in the countryside.

Elsewhere, this stunning double rainbow was captured by Josie Elias arcing in stormy skies above Somerset.

And finally this spectacular murmuration of starlings at sunset was captured by Carl Bovis at the RSPB Ham Wall reserve near Glastonbury.

The phenomenon is named after the noise that is made by the many flapping wings of a group of starlings in flight.