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In Pictures: Baby pandas and charity abseilers

A young Red Panda cub sits looking out of a small white tub, with its paws on the edgeLongleat

Longleat's new red panda cub was weighed as part of Panda day at the safari park

This week, people from across the region, including NHS staff and a web-slinging Spider-Man, abseiled over St Michael's Hospital, raising more than £11,500 for the NHS.

In Gloucestershire, a 97-year-old Betty Bromage, who holds the world record for being the world's oldest female wing walker, was greeted with a round of applause as she delivered a cheque to Cheltenham General Hospital's stroke unit.

Here is a round-up of the best photographs from across the West this week.

Gloucestershire

A group of dancing men and women on a temporary stage in the outdoors. They are dressed skimpily in red flouncy tops and skin-coloured tights and heeled boots. They are posing together, with two lying on the floor with a leg in the air and two leaning in towards a fifth dancer in a sparkly dress. There is a brightly lit screen in the background with large letters.

Beacon of celebration: Thousands gathered in Gloucester Park to celebrate this year's Pride in Gloucestershire. The event is now in its 20th year and aims to boost visibility of the LGBTQ+ community.

Birds drinking water as they float along Gloucester's canal.Handout

Walk on water: Severe silt accumulation at Gloucester Docks has created unnaturally shallow water and exposed mudbanks, allowing birds to walk across parts of the basin rather than swim.

An ice cream seller leaning out of a van holding an ice cream to a bird which is perched on a woman's head eating itPaul Nicholls

Cooling off: Congratulations to Paul Nicholls who has had three images shortlisted in the British Photography Awards 2026, including this picture of a cockatoo eating ice cream during one of the summer heatwaves in Stroud.

Betty Bromage, 97, walks through a hospital corridor with the help of a walker. On either side are hospital staff dressed in blue and green scrubs. She is smiling as they applaud her.

Round of applause: Betty Bromage, 97, received a warm welcome when she delivered a cheque for £4,350 to Cheltenham General Hospital's Stroke unit.

She raised the money by breaking her own record for being the world's oldest female wing-walker.

The sun sets between the trees in a field in Cam, Gloucestershire.Andy B

Golden hour: Thank you to Andy B, who sent in this photo of an autumnal sunset over Cam in Gloucestershire.

Wiltshire

A red panda cub poking its head out the top of a white bucket.Longleat

Cute cub: Saturday 19 September marked International Red Panda Day. Earlier this year, the safari park welcomed an endangered red panda pub. The little cub is two months old now and is said to be doing well.

A group of about 30 people standing in a courtyard outside several stone buildings. Some are waving their hands at the camera, and they are all wearing lanyards and wet weather gear.Emma Neason

Extraordinary commitment: Volunteers at Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance have given more than 3,200 hours work for the charity since January, a rise of 31% for the same period year-on-year.

A yellow sunflower with a sunny background.BBC Weather Watchers / Bracken
Sunflowers in a row.BBC Weather Watchers / janeyb

Standing tall: Thank you to our Weather Watchers for their stunning photos of sunflowers in bloom in Warminster and Chippenham.

A tree on a background of orange skies surrounded by a field.BBC Weather Watchers/flashbangwallop

Marvellous mornings: There have been some stunning sunrises this week, such as this one caught by Weather Watcher flashbangwallop in Corsham.

A black and white image of schoolchildren sitting at desks.David Stevens

Memory lane: Former staff and pupils from Upavon Primary School have shared their memories before the building goes up for auction.

Somerset

A close up of a great crested grebe rising from water with its wings spanning out half way and its neck stretched out in front.Walter Dirks

Graceful sight: This great crested grebe was captured on the Somerset Levels this week. The diving waterbird is common on the lakes and reservoirs and is well-known for its elaborate courtship dance.

Two Canada geese in shallow water. One is scratching its neck with its beck and the other is looking directly at the camera. They are both reflected in the water in the morning sunlight.Dave Mould

Dawn visit: Another birdwatcher on the Somerset Levels photographed these Canada geese, beautifully reflected in the light from the rising sun.

A man in a red polo shirt and walking trousers is holding a long-handled scythe and sweeping it across grassland. In the background is the tower of Muchelney Abbey and several other old buildings. The sky is blue with lots of white clouds.PA/English Heritage

New team: English Heritage volunteer co-ordinator, James Adams, is training people to use scythes at Muchelney Abbey on the Somerset Levels to help restore historic meadows and save the shrill carder bee, one of Britain's rarest bees.

Bristol

Bristol City fans are seen walking through an internal stadium concourse at Ashton Gate before a match with Watford. A large mural on the wall reads "ASHTON - ONE TEAM"PA Media

Friday feeling: Bristol City fans headed to Ashton Gate on Friday night to see a Dom Ballard header take the points against Watford, and take the Robins into the play-off places.

A person dressed in a Spider-Man costume attached to a harness as they abseil down St Michael's Hospital.Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity
An older woman in a yellow T-shirt and helmet is abseiling down a building. She has black straps across her chest.Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity
Two men - one in with a yellow T-shirt, the other in a blue T-shirt - are wearing helmets and are abseiling down a building. They have black straps across their chests and waists.Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity

Towering success: NHS staff and supporters stepped into harnesses and sailed over the edge of St Michael's Hospital in Bristol this week for Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity's popular Big Bristol Abseil.

They raised more than £11,500, which will go towards supporting patients, family across Bristol and Weston.

John Mason is in the middle wearing a blue T-shirt and a blue running vest. His sister is on his left wearing a dark blue Cancer Research UK T-shirt and his dad is on his right in a light blue Cancer Research UK T-shirt.John Mason

In loving memory: John Mason has run 120 miles (193km) in memory of his mum who died from cancer. The 46-year-old took on the gruelling challenge from Tottenham in North London to his family home in Nailsea, North Somerset and raised more than £6,000 for Cancer Research UK.

A pink plaque on a black wall. It says "TRIP HOP" in large letters and has white writing underneath.Brazen

Pink plaques: These have been popping up around Bristol this week, celebrating some of Bristol's most influential creations. Brazen, the organisation that put them up, said they were inspired by Historic England's blue plaques, showing where a historic person made a significant contribution to society.

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