Northern lights illuminate Bucks sky - in pictures

The northern lights were seen above Buckinghamshire on Monday night, and photography enthusiasts from the county were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the colourful phenomenon.

It comes after the Met Office forecast the rare meteorological event on Sunday evening, with more colourful spectacles taking place last night (February 27).

Gary Britton,.Bucks Free Press camera club member said: "You don't get many chances to capture this, Aurora borealis from my back garden Studley Green. I think this could have been better if it wasn't for the light pollution from Risborough and neighbouring buildings. "

Photo by Gary Britton (Image: Gary Britton)

The aurora borealis was seen up and down the country, from the north of Scotland to Cornwall.

It is a rare phenomenon, typically only seen at the poles, where charged particles from the sun collide with gas particles in the earth’s atmosphere, which then interact with the magnetic field from the planet.

A spokesman for the Met Office confirmed the sightings on social media. They said: “A coronal hole high-speed stream arrived this evening, combined with a rather fast coronal mass ejection, leading to Aurora sightings across the UK.”