The Red Arrows have been snapped flying over the borough in their latest fly past.

The team, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is one of the world’s foremost aerobatic display teams.

The team spent the weekend flying over different events, including a display at the Blackpool Airshow, Clitheroe Food Festival, and Whitby Regatta.

The two-day Blackpool Airshow included displays from the Red Arrows, as well as a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the AeroSuperBatic Wingwalkers, and the Red Devil Prachute Team.

On Sunday, the planes flew over Rochdale as part of a fly past, just before 2pm.

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Aviation enthusiast Steve Auty captured the moment from his position on Royton’s Tandle Hill.

Steve, who has been photographing planes since he was 11 years old, said it was his second attempt at capturing the planes, after a flyby on Saturday was cancelled due to weather.

He tracked the planes using flight tracking apps amid the "dubious" weather.

The photographer previously captured the Queen's final flight over Oldham, following her death.

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Now aged 65, Steve said: “When they just do a fly past like that it’s very quick, it’s over within seconds.

"When they do Blackpool Airshow they do a proper display which lasts 15/20 minutes.

“I knew it was going to be a quick grab of a few photographs, and luckily I managed to get one or two decent ones with the contrasting black clouds in the background.”

The Thornham photographer had some tips for those looking to get involved in aviation photography.

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He added: “There’s plenty of YouTube videos, there’s quite a lot of different photographers now that post videos on YouTube of how to photograph different things, particularly nature photography and there’s a few that do aviation photography as well.

“They give you quite good hints and tips as to how to set your camera up properly so that everything’s in the right exposure and you’re not going to be getting blurred photographs.

“There’s a lot of information on YouTube these days, which obviously when I was young you didn’t have the benefit of that, you just had a couple of photography magazines and you had to read through them – it’s much easier nowadays to find out information.”