Your photos: Northern Lights, ice and fireworks

BBC Weather Watchers/Matt The sun coming over the horizon pictured through clouds, creating yellow and orange colours on them. There is a large area of green grass in the foreground with, a little bit in the distance, two dogs sitting on the grass and casting a shadow, with trees further away.BBC Weather Watchers/Matt
BBC Weather Watchers/2020imagery Pink and purple hues in the sky over bare trees with no leaves on their branches. BBC Weather Watchers/2020imagery

This spectacular sunrise was snapped in Leek Wootton, Warwickshire.
The Northern Lights made an appearance on New Year's Day and were snapped here from Kinnerley in Shropshire.

We love to feature your photographs showing the beauty of the West Midlands and here are some of the best from the past week.

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected].

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.