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Big Picture: This week's images from the south

Beautiful scenes on land and sea make up this week's Big Pictures, with an iconic street and a famous train thrown in for good measure.

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 [email protected].

EmmaH Lots of swans and brown-feathered ducks swimming along the river, a pier in the background.EmmaH
Weather Watcher EmmaH witnessed all these swans and ducks on the river in Reading
Hang Ross Five deer in tall green grass. Four look at the camera, alert, the fifth has its head dipped in the grass.Hang Ross
Deer in Lyndhurst spotted by BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross
Biskitman A large container ship loaded with crates. Smaller boats with sails are around it. Biskitman
A container ship surrounded by a flotilla of small sail boats was snapped by BBC Weather Watcher Biskitman at Cowes on the Isle of Wight
Elsie from the block A small red letterbox surrounded by bushes, though they do not cover the letter slot at the top of the box. Elsie from the block
A letterbox peeps out of the undergrowth in Oxford in this photo taken by BBC Weather Watcher Elsie from the block
dieterswanderings A life size Thomas the Tank Engine on a train track. Thomas is a mainly blue steam engine with a happy face, pulling green coaches behind him.dieterswanderings
Thomas the Tank Engine seen taking to the rails in New Alresford by BBC Weather Watcher dieterswanderings
EvaDorset A steep cobbled street, with a row of historic houses descending on one side, and an old brick wall on the other. The countryside is in the distance.EvaDorset
Shaftesbury's iconic cobbled Gold Hill, photographed by BBC Weather Watcher EvaDorset

How to submit a picture

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.

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Pictures can be found on Instagram, on the hashtags #bbcsouthnews and #BigPicture

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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