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ROCKWATCH EVENTS
Winter/Spring 2012
These are the main ROCKWATCH
EVENTS coming up in the months ahead.
All
Rockwatch events are absolutely FREE to Rockwatch members so why
not take advantage and join today!
Select
one of the following links to find out more about our events.
Rockwatch
Events Listing
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25 February - Behind the Scenes visit to the National Museum of
Wales, Cardiff
Sat
17 March - Family Day at the British Geological Survey Keyworth,
Nottinghamshire
Sat
31 March - Fossil Hunting trip to the Cotswold Water Park, near
Cirencester
Sat
28 April - Field Trip to Shorncote Quarry, Gloucestershire
5-6
May - Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
Other
events for members to enjoy
Geologists'
Association Lectures - various
Sat
3 March - Natures Treasures 4, Oxford
Sat
5-16 March - Geology Today Minerals and Fossils Explained 2012 Online
Event
Sat
17 March - Bucks Earth Heritage Group
Sat
11 February - Berkshire Geoconservation Group
Sat
14 January - Oxfordshire Geology Trust
Various
- Anglesey Young Geologist's Club
Sat
14 January - South Wales Group of the Geologists’ Association
Sat
10 March - Liverpool Geological Society
Rockwatch
Events
Behind
the Scenes visit to the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Saturday 25 February 10.30am – 4.00pm
The secrets of Palaentology and Mineralogy exposed! Join
Susan Brown and Janet Hiscott of the South Wales Group and experts
from the Museum for a close encounter with the treasures of the
museum. All day event. Numbers limited so reserve your place early!
Book with the Rockwatch office. £5 booking fee.
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Family
Day at the British Geological Survey
Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
Saturday 17 March 10.00am - 4.00pm
After the success of previous years, we are returning to BGS Headquarters
for this favourite Family Fun Day. Try your luck at gold panning,
generate an earthquake and make your own fossil replica. See drilling
samples from deep beneath your feet, see and touch fabulous fossils
from the Museum's Collection. Meet some real geologists and learn
first-hand what they do. No charge, but booking is essential by
email to deba@bgs.ac.uk or to:
Dr David Bailey, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham
NG12 5GG.
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Fossil
Hunting trip to the Cotswold Water Park, near Cirencester
Saturday 31 March (times to be confirmed)
Come along to a quarry and hunt for Jurassic fossils with Susan
Brown and Neville Hollingworth. (on one trip a Rockwatcher found
a mammoth tusk!) Suitable for age 7 and above. £5.00 booking
fee per family. Booking essential through the Rockwatch Office.
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Field
Trip to Shorncote Quarry, Gloucestershire
Saturday 28 April 10.30am – 3.00pm (to be confirmed
check website)
Hunt for Jurassic and Ice-Age fossils with Susan Brown and Geoff
Swann. Quarry located near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Age 7 and
above. £5.00 booking fee per family. Booking essential through
the Rockwatch Office.
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Lyme
Regis Fossil Festival on 5 – 6 May
Rockwatch will once again be at this Festival of Geology. Come and
join us at Lyme for an action packed weekend. Walks and talks throughout
the two days, bookable at the festival. We hope to see lots of you
there! No charge or booking necessary!
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Other
events for Rockwatch Members to enjoy
Geologists'
Association Lectures, Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London W1J 0DU (opposite Fortnum and Mason).
For
adults, but may be of interest to older Rockwatchers. Doors open
5.30pm, lectures promptly at 6pm. Free with Mem. Card.
- Fri
6 Jan: CAT scan of an active volcano: Three dimensional
seismic tomography at Montserrat by Dr Michele Paoletto
- Fri
3 Feb: Safety in Geological Fieldwork by Professor Eddie
Bromhead
- Fri
2 March: Suarapod Dinosaurs with Dr Darren Naish
- Fri
6 April: Geoconservation – engaging public interest
at Wren’s Nest, Dudley by Graham Worton
For
further information phone the Geologists’ Association on 020
74349298.
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NATURE’S
TREASURES 4
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road,
Oxford OX1 3PW
Saturday 3 March 2012, 10:00 am — 4:30 pm
An event for anyone with an interest in minerals and gemstones.Students
from schools and universities are particularly encouraged to attend.
The day will include a programme of short talks as well as a number
of displays and demonstrations. See
poster.
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Geology
Today Minerals and Fossils Explained 2012 Online Event, 5th –
16th of March 2012.
This
is a first! An Online Event giving you the means to access articles
written by experts on major groups of fossils and minerals, and
of engaging in online discussions with the Editor-in-Chief of Geology
Today, Professor Peter Doyle, and other experts
who will present the series.
Go
to the Event website to find out more and register: http://geologytoday.wordpress.com/
or
download the event
leaflet.
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Bucks
Earth Heritage Group
Sat 17 March 10am – 4pm: Coombs Quarry -
nature survey day. Followed by a light clean up of the section.
Suitable for all.
For
details and to reserve a place contact Jill Eyers at j.eyers@btopenworld.com
or call 01494 881325.
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Berkshire
Geoconservation Group
Sat 11 Feb: When dinosaurs Ruled Berkshire…..10.30am
– 12.30: A walk around Snelsmore common to find pebbles, bogs
and holes and learn about what it was like when dinosaurs lived
here. Fee: £3.50
Book with Lesley Dunlop on lesley@berksgeoconservation.org.uk
or call 07790896118
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Oxfordshire
Geology Trust
Sat 14 Jan: Make a fossil and look at the landscape 10.00
– 12.30 Fun activities including fossil cast making and a
geology and landscape walk in the grounds of the centre. Court Hill
Centre, Court Hill, Wantage. £3.50.
Wed
15 Feb: What is geology? 10.00 – 12.30 Fossil handling,
visit ‘hands-on’ Timescape Exhibition, look at the geology
wall. At the Earth Trust, Little Wittenham, Abingdon. £3.50.
To book for both contact@oxfordshiregt.org.
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Anglesey
Young Geologist's Club
Activities and projects for children aged 4 to 11 years: making
model dinosaurs, fossils, volcanoes. Events: 2 - 4 pm. Children
must be accompanied by an adult. Indoor meetings at the GeoMon Watch
House Centre, Amlwch Port, Amlwch, Anglesey LL68 9LL.
To
book/enquiries contact: Jackie Farrall jackie.geomon@gmail.com
or 01227 475 202 www.geomon.co.uk/#/young-geologists-club/4533533299.
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South
Wales Group of the Geologists’ Association
These meetings are not especially geared to Rockwatch levels
but all the talks are aimed at an amateur level and any Rockwatch
members are welcome to attend
Sat 14 January: Holiday Geology at the National
Museum, Cardiff: Short talks, displays and a buffet lunch (£2.00)
Steve.Howe@museumwales.ac.uk
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Liverpool
Geological Society
Saturday 10 March at 2.00pm
The LGS is launching a new pamphlet ‘Rock Around
William Brown Street’ with a Guided Tour led by Joe Crossley
and Hazel Clark. Start at 2pm from the World Museum William Brown
Street, Liverpool L3 8EN. Further details nearer the time on www.liverpool.geologicalsociety.org.uk
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