"Resting Redshanks, East Lothian", 10 x 8", acrylic painting. Original sold but giclee fine art prints now available in my Etsy shop!. Saw these birds at Musselburgh lagoons last year. One day I hope to be allowed to go back there (from Edinburgh!)

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OTD 1594 Red Hugh O'Donnell planned to bring over 4,000 Scots redshanks to L. Foyle and Swilly. Plan fails & Scots troops have small role in war. Tyrone doesn't like using them due to indiscipline but powerful shock element missing from Irish army for rest of war

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Я СОВСЕМ ЗАБЫЛА ВЫЛОЖИТЬ И МНЕ СТЫДНО ЗА ЭТО
надо почаще заходить сюда мда
Короче это редрав скрина ещё с декабря
Если не обломаюсь то максимум через неделю выложу сканы скетчей по вп со школы

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OTD 1593 Sir Ralph Lane, contrary to the glowing reports of Bagenal's campaign in Fermanagh, reported Maguire's army had 'lost very few of his own followers at the passage of Belleek by the Marshal', worse still he was now reinforced with Scots redshanks & troops from Connacht

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The English poured fire from both flanks with muskets which out-ranged the defenders smaller calivers. Capt. Lee was one of the officers who led the assault which saw them 'wading through to their arm holes'. 300 Irish were killed primarily MacSweeny galloglass & Scots redshanks

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OTD 1594 O'Donnell planned to bring over 4,000 Scots redshanks into Loughs Foyle and Swilly. Plan fails and Scots troops have small role in war. Tyrone doesn't like using them because of indiscipline but powerful shock element missing from Irish army for rest of war

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Brrrrrrrrr!

The Jackson Foundation is open Wednesdays ONLY until February 12 with ’s Frenchman’s Creek exhibition.

https://t.co/RzYkJyQeTy

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“Dicono che non abbia mai dormito in vita sua.”
“Eh?! È possibile? Che ragazzo fortunato! Scommetto che la sua vita è il doppio divertente!”

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[AU where Corazon escapes with Law from Dressrosa] they're proud self-proclaimed dads :D

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For some reason this image came into my thoughts tonight a pair of foraging curlews & a redshank, on a winter windswept Northumbrian beach, watercolour. Have a great weekend all 👍

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OTD 1594 reports from Glens of Antrim that Hugh O'Donnell planing to bring over 4,000 Scots redshanks with aid of James McDonnell into Loughs Foyle and Swilly. Plan fails and Scots troops have small role in war. Tyrone doesn't like using them because of indiscipline

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Heard a cheery "chewit" from my sycamores yesterday and got as far as thinking the back garden was an odd place for a Spotted Redshank...today investigated more sensibly and it is indeed a YBW.

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