Oxfordshire was hit by a spectacular lightning storm last night. Here are pictures taken by our readers. If you have any more, email them to us please...

The first six are from Jason Southgate and were taken over Wootton, near Abingdon

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@Spicey_Spiney took these four at 1.42am

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Look at the brewing sky, from Chris D'Agorne

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Reader @whispa1 sent this from North Oxford

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And from over the MMini plant, came this shot from Sammy Green

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This image courtesy of Becky Phelps, from Barns Road in Oxford

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There was a fair bit of rain, as Matt Currie shows in Grove

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Christine Reardon sent this foreboding sky

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Karl Bowdrey caught this one in Wallingford

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Black and white and colour versions of this bolt from @A318Driver

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