The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children

Rockwatch Field Trips – Save the Dates!
Feb07

Rockwatch Field Trips – Save the Dates!

We’re delighted to announce two Rockwatch field trips will be taking place later this year and although the details are still being finalised we wanted to announce the dates now so you can save them in your diaries. The first will be on Tuesday 1 August 2023 in Swanage in Dorset and the second will be at Bracklesham Bay in West Sussex on Saturday 30 September 2023. Bookings will be open soon!...

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Issue 92 of the Rockwatch Magazine: published December 2022
Jan16

Issue 92 of the Rockwatch Magazine: published December 2022

Issue 92 Contents List: published December 2022 Figure 4 New Forest fossils Image 1 of 7 FINDING SEA FOSSILS IN A FOREST ROCKSTAR SPECIAL Some of the many entries PINBALL WAIZARDRY EXPLAINS THE ROCK CYCLE A fun game with geology built in MONOLITHS AND MEGALITHS The marvel of standing stones FINDING SEA FOSSILS IN A FOREST The story behind some strange finds A WALL THAT HARBOURS OPEN SECRETS Spotting surprises in a restored wall...

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Farewell Susan And Welcome Clare
Dec23

Farewell Susan And Welcome Clare

As 2022 draws to a close, it is with mixed emotions that we announce that much-loved and long-serving Chair, Susan Brown, is stepping down at the end of this year, and our new Chair, Clare Byrne steps up from January of next year. Susan is well known to many current and former Rockwatchers and has inspired an entire generation of children, young people and families to the joys of geology. For avid field trippers, Susan has been the...

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Happy National Fossil Day!
Oct12

Happy National Fossil Day!

Happy National Fossil Day! Here’s a recent fossil sent in by Rockwatcher, Ronnie for identification which is likely to be a part of a bivalve shell, Trigonia costata, named by chemist and palaeontologist James Parkinson whose name lives on in Parkinson’s disease. It is a species that appeared first in the Toarcian Stage (end of the Early Jurassic), but persisted into the Middle Jurassic – which is probably the age of...

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Let’s Celebrate International Geodiversity Day!
Oct05

Let’s Celebrate International Geodiversity Day!

Happy International Geodiversity Day! Rockwatch is thrilled to join in with today’s celebrations to help to promote the wonders of geodiversity as seen through the eyes of children and young people. UNESCO came up with the idea of geodiversity day to shine a spotlight on how critical geodiversity is to life on Planet Earth. It’s a day when the whole world can unite in one shared vision to educate people to better understand the...

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Join the GA’s October Lecture Online
Sep21

Join the GA’s October Lecture Online

Older Rockwatchers may be interested in joining The Geologists’ Association October lecture which takes place online via Zoom on Friday October 7 at 18.00pm. This month’s topic will be on The Rise and Fall of the last British Ice-Sheet by Professor Chris Clark, Chair of Geoscience at the University of Sheffield. This lecture is via Zoom and is expected to last until around 9.30pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to you...

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