Big Picture: This week's images from the South

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Our Weather Watchers have been out and about capturing these sunny images from across the south of England.

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 pictures that have been sent to us over the past seven days.

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at southweather@bbc.co.uk.

News image — BBC Weather Watcher Paulus took a telescope photo of the solar eclipse from his vantage point in Beenham, West Berkshire, as a plane crossed the sun

Paulus The sun is behind the moon during the eclipse, with the silhouette of a plane in front. — BBC Weather Watcher Paulus took a telescope photo of the solar eclipse from his vantage point in Beenham, West Berkshire, as a plane crossed the sun

Ulani A windsurfer is joined by a dog on his board at sea. Behind them is a man in the water, possibly with a surfboard. — BBC Weather Watcher Ulani captured the moment a dog took a pal windsurfing in Mudeford, Dorset

TAG A Paddington Bear sculpture eating a marmalade sandwich on a bench. Someone has placed sunglasses on him. — Even Paddington Bear, pictured by BBC Weather Watcher TAG, is wearing shades in the current heatwave on his bench in Thatcham, Berkshire

MarkieB Five cows in a field. Two are sitting on the grass. A horse is in the background. — BBC Weather Watcher MarkieB snapped this coterie of livestock under the sun in Brockenhurst, Hampshire

DereksDisco A heron in high brown grass. — A grey heron hunting in the long grass close to the Thames in Sonning, Berkshire, photographed by BBC Weather Watcher DereksDisco

Naturesart Crescent shapes are cast against the outside wall of a house. — The effect of viewing the solar eclipse with a colander on a house in Lyme Regis, Dorset, by BBC Weather Watcher Naturesart

nomolos Looking across the sea to the coast in the distance. The sun is setting. A big dark plume of smoke is travelling across the sky. — BBC Weather Watcher nomolos took this picture at sunset from Gurnard on the Isle of Wight, where plumes of a wildfire in the New Forest are visible

st321st A cow stands in a pond or river. — Who can blame this cow for taking a dip? BBC Weather Watcher st321st caught the moment on camera in East Parley, Dorset

Camilla A dog in the middle of a field. The sun is setting. There is a trail in the sky. — BBC Weather Watcher Camilla took this picture of a dog taking in the view in a field in Coxwell, Oxfordshire

GingerPrince The bird balances on a branch. — A fledgling blue tit in the Hampshire village of Hursley, snapped by BBC Weather Watcher GingerPrince

How to submit a picture

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at southweather@bbc.co.uk. 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.

Archive

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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Big Picture: This week's images from the South