Fossils & fossil collecting
Featuring hundreds of fossil yielding locations, geological guides, and educational advice. Welcome to our fossil hunters community.
Fossils, rocks and minerals can be found easily with a little patience and the knowledge of where to look and what to find. The UK Fossils network covers a large number of locations that are suitable for fossil collecting, complete with what fossils you can find, thousands of geological and fossil photos, access rights and helpful hints and tips.
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UK Fossils also features a comprehensive geological ' timeline', covering detailed stratigraphy of all periods. We have a ' glossary' of terms, directory of societies, tide times and other useful resources.
Our events diary has a list of what's going on in your area, and you can keep up-to-date with the latest news
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Locations by county: Avon, Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Dorset, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, East Riding, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, N. Scotland, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Sussex, N. Yorkshire, SW. Wales, S. Wales.Midland Valley/Grampian, South Scotland, Skye
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Please follow our national fossil collecting code
A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006
All recent finds 'emailed to us' get
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Ammonite found east of kimmeridge by bruce, May 2008 |
Ammonite found east of kimmeridge by bruce, May 2008 |
Ichthyosaur Vertebrae found by Rachel Brooks on Runswick Beach on 27th April 2008. |
Echinoid from Pegwell Bay, Matthew Smith, April 2008 |
Harpoceras, found by Adrian fawcett, 5th April 2008 at Sandsend |
Fossils form Barton-on-Sea, collected on 29th March 08, John Simper |
Fossils form Barton-on-Sea, collected on 29th March 08, John Simper |
Fossils form Barton-on-Sea, collected on 29th March 08, John Simper |
Spider Fossils subject to X-Ray release - It has been reported that a scientist, one David Penney from the university of Manchester has produced an incredible achievment. David has used X......[more]
'Giant dino' found in Argentina - A possible new species of giant plant-eating dinosaur have been discovered in Argentina. The new dinosaur name, proposed as, Futalognkosaurus......[more]
UK Fossils and Deposits Magazine - UK Fossils is now directly linked to the 'Deposits Magazine', which is receiving some excellent feed back for the quality of its articles publish......[more]
Fossils Discussion Board Expands - The UK Fossils discussion board so popular with thousands logging on each week can announce an agreement with Discovering Fossils that will allow......[more]
Charmouth Landslip Photos - Many of you must have read about the recent landslide at Charmouth, Rescue teams from Lyme Regis and West Bay pulled members of the public free a......[more]
UK Fossils Hits 1million - UK Fossils has this week gone past the 1 million visitor total to the site, what a fantastic total. On behalf of all of us back at base "We thank......[more]
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The word Fossil used to be defined as ‘something dug up’. Now-a-days it generally means ‘The remains or trace evidence of prehistoric life’. The study of fossils is called palaeontology; someone who collects and studies them is called a palaeontologist. Fossils can be as tiny as a grain of pollen or a seed or as huge as a limb bone from a giant dinosaur. For animal or plant remains to have become ‘fossilised ‘, they must go through a certain process that preserves them for up to millions of years after they have died. Usually it is only the hard parts of plants and animals that survive this long process.
Discuss Fossils -
Visit our active discussion board, its a community of its own! Discuss Fossils can help you learn and read about locations to hunt and even identify your own finds. Regular experts visit the forum to help answer some of the questions raised by members. This is also a great place to meet people also interested in collecting fossils.
Most Popular Fossil Locations: Charmouth, Whitby, Bracklesham, Burton Bradstock, Quantoxhead, Abbey Wood, Kettleness, Eastbourne, Hastings,Hope, Staithes, Whitehaven, Aberlady, Aust, Hunstanton, Fairlight, Seatown, Seven Sisters
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