In pictures: 'Pygmy goats' and 'restored Aston Martin'

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Longleat Two small goats stand inside. They are small, cute and fluffy with splotchy black and white markings.

People across the West enjoyed a burst of spring sunshine this week.

There was also a spring in the step of two new pygmy goats - Petal and Poppy - born recently at Longleat Safari Park near Warminster.

Meanwhile, keepers at Bristol Zoo Project were mourning the death of Jock, one of their gorillas.

Here is a round-up of the best pictures from across the region this week.

Bristol

Eve and Levanna in a close-up shot smiling to camera with their arms around each other. Eve, the mother, is wearing a grey jumper and blue-framed glasses, and her daughter Levanna is in a black tracksuit top

Folk rock: The new Mumford & Sons music video was filmed in Bristol. Eve and Levanna from The Streets of Soul filmed, edited and directed the video for The Banjo Song - shot in The Eastville Club.

Bristol Zoo Project A close-up of Jock, looking intently to the right of camera with a blurred background of green shrubbery

"Devastation": Staff at the Bristol Zoo Project have spoken of their sadness at the death of Jock, a silverback western lowland gorilla, who was 42.

The gorillas had been moved from their old site in Clifton just a few days before.

The two sisters are in the grounds of the Wills building on a sunny summer's day wearing sleeveless graduation dresses. One of the girls has dyed red hair and is wearing a graduation mortar board and gown

Happy surprise: Two sisters who believed they were fraternal twins have discovered they were in fact identical - after one of them was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 23.

Caitlin and Grace Leggett, who both went to the University of Bristol, said being identical was "a bit cooler" than fraternal twins.

Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire A man and two women stand on a stage. Laura Douglas is in the middle holding her certificate.

Outstanding commitment: Laura Douglas was recognised with a community award for 22 years of volunteering with Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire.

She has helped an estimated 7,000 local people since she first started in 2004.

Wiltshire

Threshold People in sleeping bags wrapped up warm and smiling at the camera. It is a cold looking night and a couple of the women hold books.

Sleep out: Fifty people in Swindon came together to raise £5,000 in a sleep out for homelessness charity Threshold.

They were given the option to shelter indoors due to the intermittent rain, but everyone opted to spend the night outside, finding shelter in the bike sheds or under canopies.

WeatherWatchers/CraigRich The facade of Salisbury Cathedral as seen on a sunny day with perfect blue skies behind it.

Sunshine, what sunshine? For the first time in weeks, the county experienced prolonged periods of sunshine and blue skies, which helped to illuminate Salisbury Cathedral.

Thanks to Weather Watcher Craig Rich for this snap.

Helena Robinson stands outside the new hub, just behind a new sign board which says "Welcome to Park Library and Community Hub." Different coloured pom poms are stuck to the board.

In one place: A new community hub has opened in Park South in Swindon, bringing employment, housing and health services together in a bid to streamline the process.

Integration lead Helena Robinson was one of those present at the hub's opening; it is the first of four set to open in the town by the end of the year.

Gloucestershire

A coach driver stands in front of his 444 Gloucester to Heathrow National Express route. He is bald and is wearing a grey short sleeved shirt, a red tie and a yellow hi-vis tabard. He is smiling and showing off a 444 tattoo he has on his forearm, which has writing tattooed beneath it.

Dedication: Keith Allen from Gloucester loves his National Express route so much, he had it tattooed on his arm.

The coach driver has followed the same route since the coronavirus pandemic and joked he got his ink "when his divorce came through".

WeatherWatchers/Abstract Emotion A herd of cows arranged in a bit of a line in a field in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, with rolling hills behind them. There is a tree on a raised slope behind them in the field. The cows are mostly black and some have white faces. The sun is shining on the hills and the sky above is mostly blue with some cloud.

Sunny days: As a pretty miserable winter draws to a close, we have been blessed with blue skies and sunshine a few times this week, which saw the warmest day of the year so far recorded.

This lovely photograph was taken in Painswick on Monday morning by our BBC Weather Watcher, Abstract Emotion.

Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images Race horse owner Harry Redknapp, trainer Ben Pauling and Jockey Ben Jones pose with Cheltenham Festival hopeful The Jukebox Man at the Ben Pauling Stables. There is a wood-panelled building behind them which is split in two and connected by a glass balcony walkway. It is a sunny day.

Racecourse ready: As Cheltenham Festival looms, Harry Redknapp is looking forward to Gold Cup Day with The Jukebox Man, who he keeps at Ben Pauling Stables in Naunton.

The former Tottenham Hotspur manager cheered on his eight-year-old gelding as he won the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, and he has high hopes for 13 March.

WeatherWatchers/Mr Anchovy A picture taken from low down of snowdrops in woodland spreading out as far as the eye can see, in sunshine.

Floral display: This woodland scene was taken in Colesbourne on Sunday when temperatures reached 13C.

Somerset

Haynes Motor Museum The front of a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 is being waxed by an employee at Haynes Motor Museum in a large warehouse. The car is a brilliantly-shiny red colour and has the classic, beautiful streamlined shape of an Aston Martin.

Expert restoration: After more than 20 years as a static exhibit, this 1961 Aston Martin DB4 has been carefully renovated to full running condition by special heritage engineers at Haynes Motor Museum.