Ian Ebbage
@ianebbage.bsky.social
The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
East Lothian.
Dunlin roosting on the harbour-wall in Musselburgh #EastLothian #waderwednesday
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Dunlin roosting on the harbour-wall in Musselburgh #EastLothian #waderwednesday
A misericord in St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick #woodensday
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A misericord in St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick #woodensday
#tilesontuesday in the Chancel of Chester Cathedral
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#tilesontuesday in the Chancel of Chester Cathedral
Pine Trees dominating the skyline on the Garleton Hills in #EastLothian (with a view towards Fife) #thicktrunktuesday
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Pine Trees dominating the skyline on the Garleton Hills in #EastLothian (with a view towards Fife) #thicktrunktuesday
A mosaic of a tame gazelle wearing a collar with a bell, from Dougga in Tunisia in 3c AD. "Bodala" seems to be a (nick)name but the significance is not clear. (Bardo Museum, Tunis) #mosaicmonday
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A mosaic of a tame gazelle wearing a collar with a bell, from Dougga in Tunisia in 3c AD. "Bodala" seems to be a (nick)name but the significance is not clear. (Bardo Museum, Tunis) #mosaicmonday
Adult and juvenile Sandwich Terns in August at Port Seton in #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Adult and juvenile Sandwich Terns in August at Port Seton in #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
The "Viking Raid - Judgement Day" stone (800-825), possibly representing the Viking Raid of 793: in the Lindisfarne Museum #stoneworksunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The "Viking Raid - Judgement Day" stone (800-825), possibly representing the Viking Raid of 793: in the Lindisfarne Museum #stoneworksunday
#stainedglasssunday by Marc Chagall, in All Saints,Tudeley
in Kent
in Kent
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#stainedglasssunday by Marc Chagall, in All Saints,Tudeley
in Kent
in Kent
The west door to the ruined Elgin Cathedral #adoorablethursday
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The west door to the ruined Elgin Cathedral #adoorablethursday
Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire #thursgate
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire #thursgate
A Grey Plover on a grey day, on the Tyningham Lagoon in the John Muir Country Park in #EastLothian #waderwednesday
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A Grey Plover on a grey day, on the Tyningham Lagoon in the John Muir Country Park in #EastLothian #waderwednesday
Falkland Palace in Fife, a favourite resort of Mary Queen of Scots #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Falkland Palace in Fife, a favourite resort of Mary Queen of Scots #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
An avenue of Poplars on the Winton Estate in #EastLothian #thicktrunktuesday
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
An avenue of Poplars on the Winton Estate in #EastLothian #thicktrunktuesday
Looking up the Moray Firth from Chanonry Point #tidesouttuesday
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Looking up the Moray Firth from Chanonry Point #tidesouttuesday
The tomb of John, Lord D'Arcy and Meinell (1441), in Selby Abbey. It has seen better days #monumentmonday #memorialmonday
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The tomb of John, Lord D'Arcy and Meinell (1441), in Selby Abbey. It has seen better days #monumentmonday #memorialmonday
#MallardMonday in Lochend Park in Edinburgh
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#MallardMonday in Lochend Park in Edinburgh
A naked Aphrodite rising from the sea, representing rebirth and baptism in the iconography of the Coptic Church. An example of the Church drawing on themes from #classicalmythology: #syncretism. From Heracleopolis/Ahnes in Upper Egypt (3/4c). In the Coptic Museum in Cairo. #stoneworksunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A naked Aphrodite rising from the sea, representing rebirth and baptism in the iconography of the Coptic Church. An example of the Church drawing on themes from #classicalmythology: #syncretism. From Heracleopolis/Ahnes in Upper Egypt (3/4c). In the Coptic Museum in Cairo. #stoneworksunday
1st winter Black-headed Gull in Figgate Park in Edinburgh #SuperSeabirdSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
1st winter Black-headed Gull in Figgate Park in Edinburgh #SuperSeabirdSunday
4c baptismal font in the Church of Ss Sergius & Bacchus in Old Cairo #fontsonfriday
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
4c baptismal font in the Church of Ss Sergius & Bacchus in Old Cairo #fontsonfriday
The Conan Doyle in York Place in Edinburgh #pubfrontfriday
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Conan Doyle in York Place in Edinburgh #pubfrontfriday
Beautiful stonework in the surrounds of the doors at the west end of St Mary's Church (The Hanging Church) in Old Cairo. Originally 9c, largely rebuilt in 10c & extensively restored in 2011. #windowsonwednesday
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Beautiful stonework in the surrounds of the doors at the west end of St Mary's Church (The Hanging Church) in Old Cairo. Originally 9c, largely rebuilt in 10c & extensively restored in 2011. #windowsonwednesday
The gates into the garden at Lennoxlove House in #EastLothian, commemorating William Arthur Baird, a one-time owner, who commissioned Sir Robert Lorimer to make extensive renovations to the house in 1912 #thursgate
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The gates into the garden at Lennoxlove House in #EastLothian, commemorating William Arthur Baird, a one-time owner, who commissioned Sir Robert Lorimer to make extensive renovations to the house in 1912 #thursgate
Our trip to Egypt was really about the pyramids etc, but nice birds kept on popping up. 1 & 2) Little Green Bee-eaters; 3) a lucky shot of a Pied Kingfisher about to plunge into the Nile in Cairo; 4) Laughing Doves everywhere.(Lots of Little Egrets by a canal & some Black Kites too.) #birdwatching
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our trip to Egypt was really about the pyramids etc, but nice birds kept on popping up. 1 & 2) Little Green Bee-eaters; 3) a lucky shot of a Pied Kingfisher about to plunge into the Nile in Cairo; 4) Laughing Doves everywhere.(Lots of Little Egrets by a canal & some Black Kites too.) #birdwatching