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Ian Ebbage

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The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds. East Lothian.

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 13h
A chest (c.1340) with its original painted decoration, belonging to Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham #woodensday, in Glasgow's Burrell Collection
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 14h
The handsome Romanesque-style Y Capel (1860) in Llangollen, built as a Baptist chapel, and now Tourist Information Centre/ Art Gallery/ Public Library #windowsonwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 15h
A Bar-tailed Godwit at Musselburgh on Monday #waderwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A gorgeous silk Court Mantua dress (c.1750) belonging to Ann Harley (the wife of Thomas Harley, an MP & sometime Lord Mayor of London, and the builder & owner of Berrington Hall) on display at Berrington Hall NT in Herefordshire #textiletuesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canoeing with a friend (not me!) #Twosday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An Ash Tree overtopping the remains of Valley Crucis Abbey #thicktrunktuesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sunny at Musselburgh this morning. A Whooper Swan making an unaccustomed stop-over; an assortment of waders (a Redshank, Ruff, Dunlin and a Lapwing); a few of the very many dozing Teal; and a pair of Gadwall.
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A memorial by Louis-François Roubiliac to Mrs Mary Myddleton of Chirk Castle in St Giles, Wrexham (a bit ott, to my tastes!) #memorialmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
State-of-the-art Victorian shower in Erddig Hall NT near Wrexham #AllmetalMonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beside the canal, watching the world go by #mallardmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The very beautiful west window depicting the Angelic Chorus in St Tysilio's in Llantysilio near Llangollen. 1890-95 by Shrigley and Hunt, designed by Carl Almquist #stainedglasssunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Chapter House of Valley Crucis Abbey near Llangollen #ceilingsonsunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A Razorbill off the sea-wall at Musselburgh #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jacob's Ladder in Edinburgh, climbing 140 steps from Calton Road near Waverley Station to Regent Road opposite the old Royal High School. First mentioned in 18c. #saturdaysteps #staircasesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A fine carved panel containing the name and titles of Charles II, from Plas Newydd in Llangollen. The Ladies of Llangollen collected oak panels, doors etc by the cartload, and recycled them to decorate their home. #stuartsaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 14c font in the church of St Tysilio in Llantysilio near Llangollen #fontsonfriday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Near Llangollen #fingerpostfriday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Plas Newydd, Llangollen #adoorablethursday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Greenshank at Musselburgh #waderwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the oriel windows decorated with stained-glass added by "The Ladies of Llangollen" to their house of Plas Newydd #windowsonwednesday #woodensday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The Building of Thebes", one of a set of four tapestries on the myths relating to Cadmus at Chirk Castle NT, Wrexham (1670-1700, England) #tapestrytuesday #textiletuesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#thicktrunktuesday in the garden of our holiday cottage
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Twosday two of us watching the ducks
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"A Miner of the 60s", installed in 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the closure of Ifton Colliery, the men who worked there and some who died there: in St Martins near Oswestry in Shropshire #AllMetalMonday #memorialmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For this week's #mallardmonday, a cousin from the mountain lakes of South America, the Sharp-winged Teal: in the collection at Martin Mere WWT
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A fire-place at Chirk Castle near Wrexham #stoneworksunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A Herring Gull picking up a starfish at Yellowcraig in East Lothian #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Saloon (1772) at Chirk Castle near Wrexham #ceilingsonsunday (We had a good visit there yesterday despite the crowds on a Heritage Open Day!)
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A good visit yesterday to Martin Mere WWT (Lancs.) despite a grey day. Hides with views over the mere with all its wild birds, and an extensive collection including a favourite of mine, the Red-fronted Goose. And Sir Peter Scott, the original founder of the Wildfowl Trust
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, from 12c #steeplesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Early September, and the first Pink-footed Geese arrive in East Lothian from Iceland and Greenland #Flyday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The fire-place of Dacre Hall, next to Lanercost Priory, which was built by Sir Thomas Dacre when Henry VIII gave the Priory to him after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The arms are those of Sir Thomas and his sons. #LesArmoiriesduVendredi
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At Blenheim Palace #thursdaybridges
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The entrance to St Mary's Pleasance in Haddington #thursgate
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another dovecote in Musselburgh, in the grounds of Pinkie House, owned from 1597 by Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline & and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Plaques above the doors contain his coat-of-arms and the mongram of his and his wife, Margaret Hay's initials. #adoorablethursday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A fine array of #windowsonwednesday at Holy Trinity in Kendal
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Wood Sandpiper passing through Musselburgh (in August 2021) #waderwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The early 18c lectern-style dovecote at Newhailes House NTS in Musselburgh #wallsonwednesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Plas Gyn y Weddw, an 1857 Gothic mansion on the Llyn peninsula, now an arts centre #ChimneyChewsday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Twosday Tree Sparrows in our garden
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Cedar in St Mary's Kirkyard in Haddington #thicktrunktuesday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In Garvald Kirkyard in East Lothian #mementomorimonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A section of the remarkable mosaics in #ChesterCathedral by JR Clayton of Clayton and Bell, 1883-1886 #mosaicmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A pair of Mallard ignoring their neighbour at Aberlady #mallardmonday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A juvenile Herring Gull at Port Seton #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Long Gallery at Crathes Castle NTS in Aberdeenshire: the ceiling is decorated with coats of arms, including the Royal Arms of Scotland and arms connected with the Burnet family #ceilingsonsunday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hailes Castle (13c) overlooking the River Tyne in East Lothian #castlesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The beautiful Romanesque Abbey Church of Ss Peter and Paul (11c) in Caunes-Minervois in the Languedoc: recently a lovely venue for concerts #steeplesaturday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A Kestrel on the hunt #Flyday
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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The arms of the Sackville family in the Great Hall at Knole #lesarmoiriesduvendredi
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