Ed Sheeran celebrates his 30th birthday by dressing as a pirate and enjoying cake

Ed Sheeran celebrates his 30th birthday by dressing as a pirate and enjoying a Colin The Caterpillar cake as he gushes he feels ‘very loved’

Ed Sheeran celebrated his 30th birthday in style on Wednesday.

The singer took to Instagram to share a picture during his birthday celebrations, which featured a throwback snap of him dressed as a pirate when he was a child and a Colin The Caterpillar cake. 

Apparently focusing on a particular theme, Ed claimed he was wearing a pirate costume while the cake had been decorated to match him.

Exciting: Ed Sheeran celebrated his 30th birthday on Wednesday by dressing as a pirate and enjoying a Colin The Caterpillar cake as he gushed he feels ‘very loved’

The wasn’t all, as the items were placed on a pirate flag, while chocolate coins were also scattered around it.

Sharing his gratitude with fans over their well wishes, he wrote in the caption: ’30 today. Thank you for all your wonderful messages, I feel very loved. 

‘Currently dressed the same as I was on my 3rd birthday about to chow down on Colin the pirate caterpillar, poor bloke I’ll be back online with the 4th instalment in the series later this year, until then xx’

Sweet: Ed shared a picture during his birthday celebrations, which featured a throwback snap of him dressed as a pirate, a cake decorated to look like a pirate, and chocolate coins

Sweet: Ed shared a picture during his birthday celebrations, which featured a throwback snap of him dressed as a pirate, a cake decorated to look like a pirate, and chocolate coins

Thankful: Sharing his gratitude with fans over their well wishes, he wrote in the caption: '30 today. Thank you for all your wonderful messages, I feel very loved'

Thankful: Sharing his gratitude with fans over their well wishes, he wrote in the caption: ’30 today. Thank you for all your wonderful messages, I feel very loved’

Earlier this month, it was revealed Ed had launched an ‘artistic creation’ business with his friend and Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid.

The singer and musician, 44, have already worked together for years penning hit songs such Galway Girl, Barcelona, Photograph and Eraser.

And now the talented duo have started a new venture, with them both being listed as directors for McShaid Limited on Companies House.  

New venture: Earlier this month, it was revealed Ed had launched an 'artistic creation' business with his friend and Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid (pictured together in 2013)

New venture: Earlier this month, it was revealed Ed had launched an ‘artistic creation’ business with his friend and Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid (pictured together in 2013)

Not much information is listed for the business, with it simply being referred to as ‘artistic creation’ something which covers songwriting and composing. 

As well as working on Ed’s music, the talented duo have also written for stars such as Alicia Keys (song Underdog) and James Blunt (Make Me Better). 

A source told The Sun: ‘Ed and Johnny are great friends, but this seems to suggest they are starting to focus their songwriting efforts together as a proper business as well as something they love.

‘They’ve both had massive success independently and as a duo, so it makes sense to put things in place to properly handle that revenue.’

MailOnline has contacted Johnny and Ed’s representatives for a comment.

Ed welcomed his first child Lyra Antarctica with wife Cherry Seaborn in September, after keeping her pregnancy a secret.

Happy news: Ed and his wife Cherry Seaborn announced the arrival of their first child, Lyra, on Instagram at the beginning of September after keeping Cherry's pregnancy a secret

Happy news: Ed and his wife Cherry Seaborn announced the arrival of their first child, Lyra, on Instagram at the beginning of September after keeping Cherry’s pregnancy a secret