In Pictures: Northern Lights shine across the UK

Purples and greens of the aurora seen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Over recent nights the colourful Northern lights have shone across the UK.

This week has seen displays across Scotland and unusually they were even seen as far south as Devon and Cornwall.

BBC Weather says with solar activity remaining high, more sightings in the coming weeks and months are possible.

The Aurora Borealis is a spectacular natural light display, which appears as shimmering waves of light in the sky.

Spring is the best time to see the lights because of the increased solar wind activity.

The Aurora Borealis is caused by activity on the sun, when electrically charged particles sometimes reach Earth and react with gases in our atmosphere creating amazing colours

The lights are usually only seen in high-latitude regions such as Iceland, Greenland, Norway and parts of Canada, it is unusual for them to be seen as far south as Cornwall like in this image

The magical colours appeared above Lincolnshire. The colours you see in the sky depend on which gas the particles have reacted with. The green comes from oxygen, whereas the purple, blues and pinks come from reactions with nitrogen

Did you see anything like this image taken in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where you live?