THE weather may have been mixed over the past month but that has not stopped you from getting your cameras out when there has been a glimpse of sunshine.

Birds, barges and blossom are just some of the many images we have enjoyed looking through this month.

In the latest round of our Through The Lens competition, we asked you for your Easter or Spring pictures highlighting the beauty of the area we live in for the April picture in our 2018 calendar.

The competition runs throughout this year across our sister titles Northwich Guardian, Wilmslow and Middlewich Guardian, Knutsford Guardian and the Wilmslow Guardian as we search for the best readers' pictures.

Winners will be announced at the end of the year and invited into our new office in Warrington to see the calendar in print as well as the chance to pick up tips from our picture editor Dave Gillespie who has more than 30 years of experience in the field.

We have shortlisted entries in the latest round to this stunning collection.

Click the gallery above to see them.

Click the ballot below to vote for your favourite or email your vote to hannah.bargery@nqnw.co.uk before 9am on May 2.

THIS VOTE HAS NOW CLOSED.

Next week we will launch our search for our May photo of the month.

Pick up next week's paper for more details.