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Join us in Whitby this weekend for our next Field Trip
Jun16

Join us in Whitby this weekend for our next Field Trip

Join us on the next Rockwatch field trip this weekend as we explore North East England’s Jurassic Dinosaur Coast in Whitby on Saturday 18th June. We’ll be looking at depositional environments and fossil indicators and hope to find lots of fossils to add to your collections. The fieldtrip is being led by local geology experts Mick Oates and Paul Hildreth. And if you like, you can bring fossils you’ve already found for...

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Next Rockwatch Field Trip – Hunt for Pebbles at Thorndon Country Park
Jun06

Next Rockwatch Field Trip – Hunt for Pebbles at Thorndon Country Park

Did you know that every pebble tells a story? Do you want to know how to identify 80 million year old pebbles? Would you like to know how pebbles tell us about past global climate changes? Join us and other Rockwatchers on our next field trip to find out!  We’ll spend the afternoon of Saturday 11 June from 2pm in the beautiful Essex countryside at Thorndon Country Park learning all about pebbles. It’s a vast and...

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South Wales Annual Weekend Field Trip Details and Tickets Now Available
Apr15

South Wales Annual Weekend Field Trip Details and Tickets Now Available

Rockwatch Welsh Weekend Field Trip  16 – 17 July 2022 We’re excited to share more details about the forthcoming Rockwatch Weekend Field Trip to South Wales and you can now book to come! It promises to be a weekend full of coastal geology around the Cardiff area.  All this for just £2.50 per person. What are you waiting for?  Find out more and Book...

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A Fossily Good Time at Lowewood Museum
Apr11

A Fossily Good Time at Lowewood Museum

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a day of fossil fun on Friday. lowewood-museum-filling-plaster-fossils Image 1 of 14 Filling the plaster cast - making dinosaur fossils Rockwatchers had a fantastic day with the Lowewood Museum and Rockwatch team on Friday 8 April. It was so good to meet you face to face again during the Easter holidays. Inspired by some real fossils from the collection at the Museum, the children had fun...

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Field Trips are Back!
Mar24

Field Trips are Back!

BIG NEWS – Rockwatch field trips are back this summer! After what seems like a massive geologic period of time during the covid pandemic, we’re excited to be dusting off our hard hats and hi-vis jackets for a summer of geology field trips. The full events programme will be published in your next magazine that’s due out in April and also be added to the events section of the website, but we couldn’t wait to tell...

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