The Aurora Borealis has been seen lighting up the sky in Swindon for the second night in a row. 

Resident Andy Crook snapped several pictures in Purton, where the sky appeared to have purple, green and pink glows. 

AuroraWatch UK issued a red alert, meaning aurora activity was likely to be visible across the country, at 10.57pm on Monday night, after an amber alert was issued for a possible aurora at 7.59pm.

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Minor geomagnetic activity took place early on Tuesday morning at 4.59am and again at 10.59am.

But there could be a slight increase in activity again overnight into Wednesday morning according to the Met Office Space Weather forecasts, but it is not likely to be as strong as Sunday and Monday night.

According to the AuroraWatch UK website, the best time to see an aurora is between 10pm and midnight and it is easier to see in rural areas with less light pollution.

Green is the most common colour to see across the night sky which comes from the oxygen in our atmosphere and the purple that was seen on Monday night was caused by nitrogen.

Keen stargazers who are interested in keeping up to date with aurora activity can find alerts on the AuroraWatch UK social media pages.