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!...
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre Fossils Walks
The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre run regular fossil walks. Be sure to check their website for events taking place over February half term....
Harrow & Hillingdon Rock Show 2023 Launches today
The Harrow and Hillingdon Rock Show has launched today! There are plenty of fun activities planned from 6-23 February at Uxbridge Library. There are some fantastic resources online too for those who’d like to visit virtually. ...
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...
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...
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...