Women Pioneers in the Earth Sciences Celebrated! Geological Society 1 – 28 February
Mary Anning posed by Dr Lorna Steel, curator of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum and a great friend of Rockwatch. ‘Raising Horizons’ is an exhibition by photographer Leonora Saunders in collaboration with TrowelBlazers, which aims to show that women pioneers have always been part of archaeology and the earth sciences. Posed by inspirational individuals working in these fields today, each image meticulously...
New books for keen Fossil Hunters
Two brilliant guides have just been published that are a great guide for anyone wishing to explore the rocks and fossils of Bracklesham and Bognor in West Sussex. David Bone is the author and he’s well known to Rockwatch members as he has led us on trips to the area. In fact, there’s another one that he is leading on Monday April 10th. (Places are filling up fast so book quickly if you’d like to come along!) His...
Adela Breton Exhibition in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
In your latest copy of Rockwatch magazine (Issue 74 pages 8/9) you’ll see the wonderful work of Adele Breton (1849-1923). She was an unusual Victorian gentlewoman who travelled around Mexico studying the country when most of the women of her day were tied to the home. Anthropology and the ‘new’ science of geology captured her interest and she spent her time travelling, exploring cultures and landscapes, often...
Behind the Scenes at the Oxford University Museum – Saturday 8th April 2017
Meet some very old fossils! Go behind the scenes with Rockwatch at the Oxford Museum of Natural History and have a close encounter with some of it’s hidden treasures. You’ll be taken around by geologists who work there who will share their expertise with you. Only 40 parents and children (who must be over 7) can go on this event and they will be in groups of 10. It’s a fabulous opportunity to see what the general...
Uxbridge Rock Show – 11th-23rd February 2017
Glowing rocks, Dino poo, Gemstones, Fossils, ‘Hands-on Rocks’, ‘The Ages of Ice and Coal’, Local Geology – something for everyone! Have a go at their Minecraft themed treasure hunt! This fascinating exhibition is suitable for all ages and is happening at the Uxbridge Library. It’s being put on by the Harrow and Hillingdon Geological Society and experts from the society will be there for you to talk...
Amber specimen offers rare glimpse of feathered dinosaur tail
A dinosaur tail complete with its feathers has been discovered trapped in a piece of amber. Even though these aren’t the first to be found, earlier specimens have been difficult to definitively link to their source animal. This tail consists of eight vertebrae from a juvenile preserved in 3D with microscopic detail. Professor Mike Benton from the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol, former President of the...
Dippy the Diplodocus is on the move!
Dippy the Diplodocus is about to begin a tour of the country – visiting a cathedral, a parliament or a community centre near you! Since 1905 Dippy has been living in the main entrance hall of the Natural History Museum and has delighted visitors ever since, but now it’s time to be seen outside the capital. Dippy is a replica of a near-complete Diplodocus carnegii skeleton uncovered in the western USA in 1898. King Edward VII saw...
Rockwatchers hunting for fossils
Rockwatch members – new and existing – had a great time last weekend exploring the Silurian sediments of Whitman’s Hill Quarry. Lots of fossils were found including two superb trilobites and a range of brachiopods and...
Rockwatchers Fossilhunting
Rockwatchers out and about. An excited group of new and existing Rockwatch members had a great time exploring the Silurian sediments of Whitman’s Hill Quarry last Saturday. Lots of fossils were found including two superb trilobites and a range of brachiopods and...
Jurassic Fossil Hunt in a Farmer’s Field! – Saturday 8 October 2016
After the farmer has harvested there’s a chance for Rockwatchers to have a forage in his field. The field in particular is near Chedworth in Gloucestershire and the fossil finds can be wonderful! Susan Brown and Mark Baggott will be there to help you. And there is even possible overnight accommodation for those of you who have to come a long way. It starts at 11.00 and will finish at 3.00 Booking is essential and there is a...
Fieldtrip to Whitman’s Hill Quarry on 24 September 2016
Join us for a great fieldtrip hunting for fossils in a large disused quarry near Great Malvern. It will be a great day out in Whitman’s Hill Quarry with a fieldtrip led by Mark Baggott and Mark O’Dell. They are very familiar with the quarry and its rock formations and with the geology which dates back to the Silurian period, approximately 428 million years ago. There is an abundance of fossils – mainly corals,...
Fossil Collecting Trip coming up!
Saturday 2 July – Just a few places left! All Day Fossil Hunt to Horn Park and Mapperton, near Bridport, Dorset. Another first for Rockwatch members! Join Bob Chandler, an expert on the geology of this area of Dorset, who will be leading the hunt for Jurassic fossils. The rocks of Dorset and East Devon cover some 180 million years of Earth’s history and are unique in the world in that they straddle 3 geological periods...
Festival of Geology – 5 November, University College London
FESTIVAL OF GEOLOGY Saturday 5th November 2015 ENTRANCE FREE Exhibitors from the World of Geology Fossil and mineral displays, stonecraft, books, maps, geological equipment, jewellery, beads, Building Stones walk around UCL with Ruth Siddall, Tours of the UCL Earth Science Laboratories and more… Discovery Room Rockwatch with activities for children of all ages with fossils, racing trilobites, Jurassic dioramas and more…...
Fun and games at Bracklesham
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