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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22h

Touching down: a Greylag at the mouth of the Esk in Musselburgh #Flyday

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 22h

The arms of the Hulse family of Breamore House in Hampshire in St Mary's, Breamore #lesarmoiriesduvendredi

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The wooden bridge leading across the Peffer Burn onto the Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve, in East Lothian, home at this time of year to thousands of Pink-footed Geese #Thursdaybridges

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In the Trevor Basin on the Llangollen Canal #pubsignthursday

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Historically the main entrance to the Chirk Castle Estate near Wrexham. Built by Robert and John Davies in 1712-1719, the are regarded as some of the finest wrought-iron gates in the UK #thursgate

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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

An Ash Tree overtopping the remains of Valley Crucis Abbey #thicktrunktuesday

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A regular of ours for lunch on our visits to Cambridge.

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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 · 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 · 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

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