Ian Ebbage

A party of #Bullfinch opposite the cottage just now. A pity none of the males would look at the camera!

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A Grey Plover enjoying the sunshine at Musselburgh last Saturday #wadersonwednesday

A handsome castle, but .... Help, please. Photos I took a long time ago, and didn't label. Where is it? #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday

A Sycamore on a wintry Winton Estate in #EastLothian #thicktrunktuesday

The roof of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna #tilesontuesday

Yesterday was apparently #WorldHippoDay, so here is an appropriate extract from the Nile Mosaic at Praeneste #mosaicmonday

South Leith Parish Church #mementomorimonday

The Propellor at Dunbar Harbour, commemorating Robert Wilson (1803-1882), the son of a local fishing family, who invented the "Revolving Scull", a form of screw propellor #allmetalmonday

Shelduck taking it easy at Musselburgh on Saturday #mallardmonday

A pair of Long-tailed Ducks off the sea-wall at Musselburgh yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday

Construction problems: the worst of the 12c arches in Selby Abbey #stoneworksunday

Sunshine & blue sky! A lovely Saturday morning walk at Musselburgh. A view from the Esk mouth towards Fife; highlights included #Shelduck, #Teal & #LongtailedDuck, but 3 Shovelers were too far away for a usable shot.

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma (1) is one of the largest in the Ancient World. The impression on visitors is enhanced by the height of the stepped base (2) on which it was built and of the flight of steps (3) by which visitors accessed it (Late 4c BC) #staircasesaturday

Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan, originally 12c but the existing tower-house is early 17c #castlesaturday

The medieval lighthouse in Collioure was repurposed as the clock-tower of the newly-built church of Our Lady of the Angels in 1693. #pharosfriday #steeplesaturday (Collioure is on the Mediterranean coast of the Pyrénées-Orientales in France, and was the home of Fauvism.)

A handsome 1750 building in Haddington, now housing a hair-stylist's #EastLothian #shopfrontfriday

The Cathedral Close in Carlisle #thursgate

In Edinburgh's New Town #adoorablethursday

A wooden box (1610) decorated with a lion and a unicorn, animals associated with the arms of James VI & I, possibly a writing casket (Burrell Collection, Glasgow) #woodensday

A 17c turnpike/turret staircase in Mitchell's Close, one of the only two remaining in Haddington #EastLothian (Restored in 1960s) #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday

A Hooded Plover in Tasmania #waderwednesday

Bad luck. Roads here are dreadful too.

Alder Trees with a mantle of ivy, by the River Tyne in Samuelston. The Alder is a favourite haunt of the #Siskin which takes its French name (Tarin des Aulnes) from the tree. #thicktrunktuesday

Tiling commemorating St John Chrysostom (347-407) in the chancel of Chester Cathedral: "Chrysostom: sweeter than honey" #TilesOnTuesday

The mouth of the River Esk in Musselburgh on a dreich day last week #tidesouttuesday

He started off as a musician playing at dances in big houses and in Harrogate Spa, and accompanied a local militia on the Culloden campaign in 1745. In the sculpture he is holding the Viameter that he invented.

"Blind Jack" Metcalf (1717-1810), commemorated in the Market Place of his home town in Knaresburgh. A remarkable man, blinded by small-pox at the age of six, who went on to be a pioneer road-builder. #allmetalmonday #memorialmonday /cntd

A drake Eider in Eyemouth Harbour #mallardmonday

In Amsterdam #muralmonday