Scotland has marked its hottest day of the year so far as temperatures in parts of the country rose above 25C.
Auchincruvie, in South Ayrshire, and Tyndrum, in Stirlingshire, both recorded temperatures of 25.5C on Tuesday.
That beat the previous highest temperatures of the year on Monday by just 0.1C during the driest spring on record so far throughout the UK.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said around half of the country was under a water scarcity alert.
Forecasters have warned low levels of rain are ahead for large swathes of the country in coming days.
Major rivers including the Clyde, Dee, Galloway and Nith are are subject to low water alerts.
