European shag at Dunbar harbour
European shag at Dunbar harbour
European shag at Dunbar harbour
Plenty of activity with the European shags at Dunbar harbour - nest building and repair, feeding and mating.
#seabirds
Black and white film pinhole photograph of a fenced off construction area in North Berwick harbour.
Counting down to Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day with a daily post of recent pinhole photographs.
📍 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
📷 Ranica Mir 6F
🎞️ Kentmere 100
A Horse Chestnut greening up for Spring in the Gosford Pleasure Grounds in East Lothian
#thicktrunktuesday
John Muir’s Birthplace Museum. The image shows an oblique view of one side of a street in Dunbar. A stone building on the right and a blue-painted building on the left sandwich a three-storey and three bay wide white building with a red pantile roof. It is flying the Saltire and the US flag. The scene is in sunshine.
188 years ago today. John Muir, who convinced US President Theodore Roosevelt that Yosemite should be protected as a national park, was born in Dunbar in East Lothian on 21 April 1838. Today his birthplace is a museum about him. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #EastLothian
Poster for the family history fair drop-in session on Monday 20th April at the John Gray centre in Haddington 3.30 to 6.30 pm. Lists experts available. Commonwealth War Graves talk at 5.30pm. Criminal records tours need to be booked. Phone 01620 820680.
Monday 20th April - Family History Fair - drop in and speak to the experts about researching your tree.
Also fun crafts, Victorian dress-up and object handling for all the family.
John Gray centre, Haddington 3.30-6.30pm.
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#LH50 #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory
www.johngraycentre.org/events/
Newspaper style image headed 50th anniversary celebrations. Black and white photos from the archives. Invitation to celebrate our history.
East Lothian's Local History Centre is celebrating 50 years. They're having a series of events at the John Gray centre in Haddington and elsewhere. Each branch library has its own event. 1/2
#LH50 #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory
www.johngraycentre.org/events/
We're Hiring!📢
Looking for a new challenge (and fancy working somewhere with views like this)?
We’re looking for a Chef to join our friendly team.
Appeal for a black cat missing from Wallyford East Lothian
Wallyford lost cat
A very enjoyable walk of about 9 miles from Aberlady Bay to North Berwick today with U3A. Good company, some sunshine and not too much rain. A lovely bonus was hearing my first Skylark of the year.
Accessiblity works in Edinburgh & Borders... Dunbar station developments A new link from Platform 2 to new housing is completed, works led by Network Rail. A new pedestrian and wheeling route from Deer Park housing estate and Spott Road to Platform 1 and station house is under detailed design. Bathgate Potential to improve Pillar1 with a walking/wheeling link. Possibility of funding for a feasibility study. With support from SRT colleagues. Further discussion with West Lothian Council. Longniddry Positive discussions with East Lothian Council, land agent and housing developer on potential improvement to Pillar1 with walking/wheeling link to new housing and to the existing village. NRS Sponsor liaising with East Lothian Council. With support from SRT colleagues. Brunstane Station Bridge Review of this bridge, which carries National Cycle Network route 1, being led by Sustrans and City of Edinburgh Council. Surveyors on-site to inform detailed designs. Under design. Edinburgh: Southeast Wedge Positive discussions r.e. new entrance to Shawfair. Curriehill New cycle parking being provided by City of Edinburgh Council. Winchburgh Proposal for new station submitted for planning permission by Network Rail Scotland. Liaison with planning team for an accessible station meeting Railway for Everyone recommendations. Borders Line: future investment opportunities Liaison with Network Rail sponsors team reviewing opportunities for improving accessibility as an output of future investment opportunities: particular focus on stations at Newcraighall, Shawfair, Galashiels and Tweedbank. Falkirk Grahamston – AfA and public realm Station selected for Access for All (AfA) feasibility study funding. AfA is led by NRS Sponsor.
pictures of new path to Dunbar station The new path to Platform2 at Dunbar station is now complete. The path creates a direct link to Platform2, the southern platform, to thousands of people living in new housing developments. It reduces the time to walk/wheel/cycle to the station and avoids an underpass. The project is a partnership with ScotRail,East Lothian Council, and with funding from Transport Scotland’s Active Travel Infrastructure Fund (ATIF). Scotland’s Railway’swork was led by Jo Noble ofthe strategy & investment team. The Railway for Everyone team recently ran a pre-intervention survey at Dunbar to set a baseline for travel habits to the station before the new path opens. The survey was run over one morning, so is indicative only. The results are interesting, recording a high modal share for walking/wheeling and cycling, lower for bus and car than the national survey conducted by ScotRail’s market insight team, see slide 6. The public reaction to the new path was overwhelmingly, and very pleasingly, positive. Out of the people who were local to the area and did not say they lived on the other side of town, 87% said that the new route would be useful to them. Other benefits mentioned by survey respondents included improved feelings of safety at night, a more accessible trip, a shorter route across town, and a safer and more pleasant cycle journey to the station.
Levenmouth new paths & bus station pictures... Network Rail has completed works installing bridges over the Levenmouth railway, which was re-opened to passenger services in 2024. The bridges help connect the stations at Leven and Cameron Bridge. They also form part of a wider active travel and recreational path network, which is a cornerstone of the Levenmouth Reconnected regeneration project. (https://levenmouthreconnected.fife.scot/) In addition, Fife Council is completing a newly re-designed bus station, which integrates with Leven rail station as a wider transport interchange. The rail and bus stations are connected by a path and controlled crossing, utilising a consistent design approach. Scotland’s Railway’swork was led by Claire Bhugowandeen ofthe strategy & investment team. Levenmouth Stations: redesigned bus station and active travel path network 5 Levenmouth Railway : Mountfleurie Bridge and new bus interchange
cover of report with pictures of walk, cycle and wheel at stations... Railway for EveryoneReport for:March 2026(25/26 P13) John Lauder Programme Manager john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk 07-04-26
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@networkrailscot.bsky.social #accessibility update
.. includes #Dunbar path & impressive #Levenmouth🚲👩🦼🚶bridge
Queries: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk
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*of Fisherrow. The diagnostic features are the colours of her skirts (Newhaven usually red and yellow striped layers), wearing the strap of the creel over her chest rather than forehead, and that it appears to be brown, suggesting leather, rather than canvas scrubbed until it was white.
Contemporary with Kay's etching is a David Allan watercolour of a fishwife, my guess being she is if Fisherrow rather than Newhaven due to some of the details. The similarity is so close (albeit reversed) that I wonder if Kay wasn't actually copying Allan.
Headed over to Edinburgh by train and rode 111km around East Lothian. What a day! 🚴♂️☀️ #cyclingadventures #cyclinginscotland 🏴
🚨The Foodbank will be closed today. We'll be open as usual from 10am tomorrow, Tuesday the 7th of April.
Coffee stop by the Forth while out cycling this morning. Arthur’s Seat can be seen in the background!
Happy Tartan Day🏴
Celebrating with a look back at the incredible tartans designed by our Trainees at the Fisherrow Next Steps Hub💙
Our Easter events programme is now live!
Check out the full programme here: www.seabird.org/uploads/store/mediauploa...
And sign up for events on our website: www.seabird.org/events/easter-fun-4e7004...
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) ruined 1300s rectangular Halyburton Range and the two far grander original De-Vaux towers slighted by King Robert The Bruce. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Ooh lovely - and there's a favourite round window just out of shot to the right ⚪
Colour photograph of a yellow shrub in front of a white wall in bright sunlight.
A combination of busyness and the weather has contributed to it being a quiet photography week apart from a glut of phone snaps at Hampden. So for #sharemondays2026 here's another phone snap, from my walk to the shops.
Pleased not to have found any wildflowers in the cauld blasted Lammermuirs 💨🥶 but the sunny side of East Lothian came up with these stunning Elm (English ?) and Larch flowers @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @lothianloop.bsky.social #treeflowers #wildflowerhour #Pencraig
Saltcoats Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Built around 1590 on land given to a Lord for killing a wild Boar. The gatehouse copied elements of Dirleton Castle making it look a more ancient build. #SaltcoatsCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Unsure if my vehicle fits under this bridge 🤔
Exciting news!🥳
The fantastic SSC Crafters will be selling some exclusively crafted goodies this weekend (Sat 28 & Sun 29 March) in our welcome walkway, just as you enter the Centre🪡🧦🎁
Come along and treat yourself to some of these lovely gifts while supporting the crafters and our Charity💙
Scribed orienteering map of an area of open dunes and slow sycamore woodland on sandy soils. A lot of green woodland with clearings and most of the dunes are rough open. A big golf course (yellow) lies to the south and the north is bounded by the Firth of Forth.
Gullane Dunes and Archerfield Estate 1979. Much of the area - the wooded bit to the east has been lost to golf and the big southern open area is the famous Muirfield course. Dunes are still used and hosted the Scottish Championships. #OldOrienteeringMap #Orienteering #Map #Interlopers #EastLothian
We're so lucky in East Lothian to have lovely community facilities.
In Prestonpans, the Pennypit Centre is an absolute gem offering learning and leisure activities for all the family.
They currently have a plant sale, grown right here at the council-owned nursery.
M & M Munchies cafe is ace too!
Through the ‘looking’ stone at North Berwick Scotland #stone #BlueSkyArtsShow #scotland #photography
The Ghost of White Hart Lane, a play about John White, is coming to Musselburgh (near Edinburgh) this summer. www.tickettailor.com/events/musse...
Traprain Law, Hill Fort, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. #ScottishHillForts #HistoryRebuilt
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of 'Castle-town' within Barmkin wall built by the Ruthven family. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt