Join Rockwatch at the Sidmouth Science Festival
Rockwatch is taking part in the Sidmouth Science Festival on Saturday 15 October 2016! This is a free event so there’s no need to book! We hope you’ll join us for some hands-on geology and enjoy the exhibitions and talks on offer there. Time: 11.00am – 4.30pm Where: Masonic Hall What’s on: GeoSpectacular! Hands-on, exhibitions and talks including
Sneak Peak of Whitman’s Hill Quarry Fieldtrip
If you’re booked to come along to the Whitman’s Hill Quarry fieldtrip on Saturday 24 September then you’re in for a treat! As a sneak peak, read this fantastic featured write up about last year’s visit on The Earth Heritage Trust’s website. We look forward to another great visit with Rockwatch members. Not signed up yet? There are still a couple spaces left but hurry to book your place! Read the write up...
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,...
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…...
The UK Onshore Geophysical Library The UK Onshore Geophysical Library (UKOGL) was established in 1994 in conjunction with the Department Of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change – DECC) and the UK Onshore Operators Group, as the formal governmental archive and release mechanism for landward seismic surveys as acquired by the UK Oil & Gas Exploration...