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Big Picture: This week's images from the south

Days of glorious sunshine are reflected in our Big Pictures this week.

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].

Moxley A couple can be seen in silhouette standing knee deep in the sea kissing. They are bathed in orange light from a setting sun which is disappearing behind the townscape horizon of trees and buildings. One person can be seen in background walking through the water. A bird is flying through the sky above.Moxley
The romanticism of sunset in Poole as captured by BBC Weather Watcher Moxley
Wight Life A row of fluttering colourful banners arc through this picture of the Isle of Wight Music festival. A big blue tent can be seen to the right with a fairground ride in front of it. Festival goers wander through the shot almost exclusively dressed in shorts under a cloudless blue sky.Wight Life
The Isle of Wight Festival bathing in brilliant sunshine and blue skies as captured by BBC Weather Warden Wight Life
SunshineDan A rhino stands on grass beside a tree at a wildlife park. People can be seen on the other side of a small wall sitting watching. White fluffy clouds can be seen against the blue sky.SunshineDan
Aptly named BBC Weather Watcher SunshineDan caught this image of a Southern White rhinoceros at Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford in Oxfordshire enjoying the weather
TAG Undulating fields of crops are taking on a yellow hue rather than green as the warm weather and lack of rain trees can be seen on the edges of the picture with more creating a horizon through the shot with blue hazy skies above them.TAG
The undulating downs of Aldworth in west Berkshire as they start to turn from green to brown with the lack of rain, captured by BBC Weather Watcher TAG
Rebekah A close-up of a honey bee sitting on a lavender flower gathering nectar from inside the bloom. Rebekah
A honey bee seeks the nectar from lavender flowers in Oxford as taken by BBC Weather Watcher Rebekah
Alison Treacher The sun rises above the hills and casts it's early orange hues over the water and across the hazy skies. Three moored small yachts can be seen on floating through the middle of the shot with their sales safely stowed.Alison Treacher
Sunrise in Gosport captured by BBC Weather Watcher Alison Treacher
Wiff A long arc of water jets out of an agricultural sprinkler over crops in a field. Blue skies and a beating sun can be seen above.Wiff
Crops being watered below the beating sun in Woodstock captured by BBC Weather Watcher Wiff

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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