Mesmerising footage has shown fork lightning tear through skies across Scotland as the country grapples with an extreme change of weather - from blistering heat to wind and rain.
Weather enthusiasts caught sight of the lightning bolts which illuminated the night sky in places such as Ayrshire and Stirling during thunderstorms, which began on Sunday evening and lasted into the early hours of Monday morning.
One clip, which was taken shortly before 11pm in Kilwinning and shared on social media, shows lightning bolts strike in the far distance as the video-taker's residential surroundings are lit up in a bright white.
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