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Castle Espie - amazing wetlands venue for getting up close to amazing and rare birds! Put down your phone & visit now! (at Castle Espie Wetlands Centre)

Castle Espie - amazing wetlands venue for getting up close to amazing and rare birds! Put down your phone & visit now! (at Castle Espie Wetlands Centre)

Benbulben mountain, Sligo. (at Benbulben)

Benbulben mountain, Sligo. (at Benbulben)

Grave of WB Yeats, Drumcliff, Co Sligo (at Yeats’ Gravesite)

Grave of WB Yeats, Drumcliff, Co Sligo (at Yeats’ Gravesite)

High cross and round tower, Drumcliff, Co Sligo. (at Yeats’ Gravesite)

High cross and round tower, Drumcliff, Co Sligo. (at Yeats’ Gravesite)

We were out looking for some exotic birds today… And look who came to visit! (at Portmore Lough Nature Reserve)

We were out looking for some exotic birds today… And look who came to visit! (at Portmore Lough Nature Reserve)

Dundrum Bay, Co. Down. The world’s first iron- hulled, screw propellor ocean going liner, the SS Great Britain ran aground here in 1846. (at The Slieve Donard Resort and Spa)

Dundrum Bay, Co. Down. The world’s first iron- hulled, screw propellor ocean going liner, the SS Great Britain ran aground here in 1846. (at The Slieve Donard Resort and Spa)

Victorian express! The RPSI Mince Pie Special Steam Train #train #transport #steam #victorian (at Lisburn Train Station)

Victorian express! The RPSI Mince Pie Special Steam Train #train #transport #steam #victorian (at Lisburn Train Station)

Slieve Gullion courtyard shrouded in mist for Enspire’s magical Winter Wonderland!

Slieve Gullion courtyard shrouded in mist for Enspire’s magical Winter Wonderland!

Loughbrickland; Named after a famous chieftain, this lake has been a centre for Bronze Age activity, including a Crannog, standing stones and settlements. #history #heritage #lake #water #cold #winter #ice (at loughbrickland)

Loughbrickland; Named after a famous chieftain, this lake has been a centre for Bronze Age activity, including a Crannog, standing stones and settlements. #history #heritage #lake #water #cold #winter #ice (at loughbrickland)

ancientpeoples:

Toy Mouse
New Kingdom
Egypt
Toy mouse, with body modelled in clay, and decorated with black lines of paint. The lower jaw and tail are of wood, and are both moveable
(Source: The British Museum)

ancientpeoples:

Toy Mouse

New Kingdom

Egypt

Toy mouse, with body modelled in clay, and decorated with black lines of paint. The lower jaw and tail are of wood, and are both moveable

(Source: The British Museum)

Source: ancientpeoples