There are dozens of events and activities taking place throughout the weekend, most of which are free

Check out the full programme here: fossilfestival.com

We're also pleased to announce that one of our Student Representatives: Ben Cunningham will be participating in the free Student Talks event at the Driftwood Cafe on Sunday 14th June at 10.30am with a talk entitled 'At the Feet of Megalosaurus, The Kirtlington Mammal Bed'

We’re proud to announce that we're an official Fossil Festival Supporter of the 2026 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival through one of our Curry Fund awards

The GA and colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social will be attending the festival on both days, based in the Lister Gardens Marquees on Marine Parade

One of our affiliated societies: Bucks Geology Group is holding a Rock & Fossil Day at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury on Sunday 3rd May 2026 from 12.00 until 15.00 BST.

For full details and to buy your ticket visit the Discover Bucks Museum website: www.discoverbucksmuseum.org/.../rock-and...

Sedimentology of the basal glacifluvial talus deposits at Point 3. A) Coarse angular talus at the base of the exposure contains a few well-rounded pebbles (blue arrow). A bed of glacifluvial well-rounded pebbles and cobbles, lying above and to either side of the coarse angular talus, exhibits a chaotic fabric and angular clasts are few. White colouration on clasts is calcite cement; often occurring as menisci on the contact points of pebbles; B) basal section normal to the rock face, the rock face being to the right of the image. Sub-rounded glacifluvial boulders stack against the rock face to the right of the image. Incision into the glacifluvial talus has resulted in a fill of coarse angular scree (centre and bottom left), later filled by a red-coloured sandy matrix. The drape of pebble-sized, angular, cemented scree (overlaying the coarse talus) is visible in the top left corner. Yellow scale bar is 0.8 m; C) close-up of openwork pebble pocket (left centre) surrounded by small cobbles within the glacifluvial talus. Scale bar is 10 × 10 cm and applies to the foreground.

Location of White Scar relative to other prominent limestone escarpments in the vicinity of the Winster and Lyth valleys. Blue bars locate prominent rock barriers. Inset figure shows the location of the study area within the British Isles. Redrawn and modified from Wiltshire (2008) with permission of Carnegie Publishing.

Summary cartoon of talus and scree deposits based on several exposures at White Scar (not to scale). Talus is banked steeply against the foot of the convex cliff face, now buried by scree with the steep exposed cliff face above. A degree of stratification, evident in a fining upward trend in particle size and roundness occurs within some of the talus deposits (but not in all), is shown schematically. Scree prograded over the talus to accumulate on bench 2. Preferential concentration of surface water runoff from the top of the cliff resulted in a thick ribbon of calcified deposits cemented to the cliff face. Seepage-induced calcification extended as ‘spurs’ along layers of permeable openwork scree, the latter lying above less-permeable loess-filled strata. Glacifluvial down-cutting may have occurred locally, truncating the talus, as shown centre-left, before it was buried by scree. Figure © Elizabeth Pickett.

Front cover of the scientific journal Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.

Post-glacial development of limestone scree in NW England; the example of White Scar, southern English Lake District by Paul A. Carling, Richard B. Pearce & S.E. Darby

In Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 137, issue 2 via Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The GA magazine is a quarterly publication free to members. Full information about all the benefits of joining the Association is available on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/

Corinium Museum Exhibition Feb- Mar 2025. Taken from the article: 'From Mud to Museum in 6 Months' by Neville & Sally Hollingworth.

Front cover of the Geologists' Association magazine, Volume 25, Number 1, March 2026 featuring a photograph of Karen Fawcett’s model of the head of Baryonyx walkeri (Image courtesy of Dorking Museum)

A map of England showing the location of Earsham in Norfolk and the two sets of deposits that form the shallow geology of the site: shallow marine deposit (Crag Group – shaded grey) and glacial deposits (Lowestoft Glacigenic Formation tills and outwash - defined by the blue line which indicates the southern limit of glaciation with the area of concern). The figure also shows the flow trajectories that could be responsible for transporting material to the site. The processes providing the transport are palaeo-rivers, ice flow (glaciers) and ice rafting (icebergs). Taken from the article: 'Boulders, Cobbles and Pebbles in Pleistocene Gravels at Earsham, Norfolk - the scientific value of collecting' by Nick Meade et al.

Panorama of Dr Neil Gostling’s spinosaur exhibition (Image courtesy of Dorking Museum). Taken from the article: 'China Dinosaurs Descend on Dorking' by Clare Hill.

The March 2026 issue of the Geologists' Association Magazine is out now!

This edition includes an interesting article on the possible origin of glacial material in Norfolk, a full account of the Mammoth excavation at Cerney Wick in 2024 and an ongoing exhibition of Chinese dinosaurs in Dorking.

The GA 2026 Photographic Competition is now open for entries

Submit up to three photographs on any geological theme for the chance to win a cash prize:

🥇£150 🥈£100 🥉£50

Closing date: Friday 28 August 2026

Full details on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...

There's still time to register for our next free online talk, tomorrow (10th April) at 19.00 BST - Hertfordshire Puddingstone: history, uses and folklore by Gerald Lucy and Mike Howgate

Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details

Join us from Sat 18th July - Mon 20th July 2026 in East Yorkshire to examine the geology of Flamborough Head with Paul Hildreth

GA Members have priority booking until 4 weeks before the meeting date when any remaining places will open to non members

Registration Fee: £15 GA Members/£45 non-member

Booking for 'Berkshire Chalk: Rocks, Springs & Geomorphology' is now open to non-members

Join us on Sunday 19th April when Lesley Dunlop will guide us on a tour of western Berkshire to view Upper Cretaceous, Palaeogene & Quaternary geology

🎟️£15

geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#19a...

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The locations represent a wide swathe of Scotland, taking in Angus, The Black Isle, Assynt, The Small Isles, Mull and Lismore among others and includes an introduction by Scottish writer Alison Scott on the significance of geology and geological thinking in art.

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Pages from the book 'Moving with The Ground' by Calum Wallis.

The Ground Shakes exhibition by Scottish artist Calum Wallis.

The publication 'Moving with The Ground' which accompanies the exhibition The Ground Shakes by artist Calum Wallis.

The exhibition is accompanied by a publication: Moving with The Ground, comprising written entries and drawings from all of the locations visited throughout the creation of the exhibited body of work, arranged as a journal in chronological order.

The Ground Shakes by Calum Wallis — An Tobar and Mull Theatre Opening night Saturday 14 March from 6pm to 8pm. All welcome for drinks and nibbles. The Ground Shakes is an exhibition of new works created over the past two years by Dundee-based artist Calum Walli...

Dundee-based artist Calum Wallis is holding his latest exhibition: The Ground Shakes at An Tobar and Mull Theatre in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, presenting new works created over the past two years with funding from @creativescots.bsky.social and the GAs Curry Fund.

Details: tinyurl.com/5dxwzth2

Welcome to April with a colourful image from the GA 2026 calendar: Colours of Petra taken by Andy Los

Petra is an ancient city in Jordan, with a number of temples carved out of the sandstone cliffs. The colourful cross-bedded rock was deposited by river systems during the Cambrian period ~500 mya

Contratulations!

Geologists' Association 2026 UK Field Trip:

📍Llandudno: A walk through the Visean - the growth and demise of a Mississippian carbonate platform with Cathy Hollis

🗓️Sunday 5th July

🎫£5 GA Members / £15 Non-members

Full details on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#5july

The speakers’ newly published book 'Hertfordshire Puddingstone: origin, history and folklore', supported by the Geologists’ Association’s Curry Fund, is also available to purchase from www.therockgallery.co.uk.

Join us online for our next free evening lecture on Friday 10th April at 19.00 BST when Gerald Lucy and Mike Howgate will talk about Hertfordshire Puddingstone: History, uses and folklore.

The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.

Please join us in welcoming Grace Pullen as a new Geologists' Association Student Representative, a co-opted role on the GA Council.

Grace is currently undertaking the Palaeontology and Evolution MSci at the University of Bristol alongside our other student representative Ben Cunningham.

A guidebook to accompany the trip 'The Smugglers Trail: Geology of the Thanet Coastline from Broadstairs to Cliftonville' is available to purchase via the GA website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/t...

Cost: £6 GA Members / £8 Non-members.

Details are now available for another of our 2026 UK Field Trips: White Cliffs of Kingsgate, on Saturday 6th June 2026, led by Richard Hubbard.

Registration Fee: £5 GA Members / £15 non-members.

For full details see our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#6june

We'd love to see you at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House in London this evening for our next free talk: Are 'shales' really that dull? by Joe Macquaker but if you can't make it there's still time to register to view the talk online via Zoom.

Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details

Vectis Formation foot cast examples. A, small ornithopod cast infilled with Viviparus gastropods. B, possible theropod foot cast on a block of Filosina bed. Collection of Mr. Downs. Scale equals 10 mm.

A, simplified sedimentary logs of the Wessex Formation, redrawn from Sweetman and Insole (2010). B, simplified sedimentary log of the Vectis Formation, redrawn from Radley and Allen (2012).

A, offshore view of Hanover Point showing the large number of tourists visiting in August 2025. Images taken by Theo Vickers. B, ornithopod foot cast at Hanover Point. C, outcrop at Hanover Point showing the 1 Hanover Point sandstone, with 2 dinoturbated ventral surface, and 3 fallen blocks containing foot casts.

Geological map of the Isle of Wight showing the outcrop of the Wealden Group.

The historiography of dinosaur footprints of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Group on the Isle of Wight, UK by Megan Jacobs of Wight Coast Fossils.

In volume 137, issue 1, February 2026 of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.

Read the full article online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The talk will also be broadcast simultaneously via Zoom.

To attend the meeting via Zoom, members and non-members should register in advance. Members will receive a link for registration by email. Non-members should telephone 020 7434 9298 or email the sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.

Join us at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House on Friday, 6th March at 18.00 GMT for our next free evening talk: Are ‘shales’ really that dull? by Joe Macquaker.

Refreshments will be served beforehand in the Lower Library from 17.30 GMT. Non-members are welcome free of charge.

The valley is an example of glacial erosion: a U-shaped valley carved by an immense glacier as it passed through. The rocks are granite, formed about 100 million years ago. On the left is the 3,000ft wall of El Capitan, famous for its rock climbs and Half Dome is at the centre of the distant skyline

Welcome to March with a dramatic image of Yosemite Valley in California, USA from the Geologists' Association 2026 calendar taken by Karina Ibanez, which was Highly Commended in the GA 2025 Photo Competition.

Please join us in welcoming Ben Cunningham as our new Student Representative, a co-opted role on the GA Council.

Ben is currently undertaking the Palaeontology and Evolution MSci at @bristoluni.bsky.social with a research focus on sauropsid diversity, comparative anatomy and palaeobiogeography.

Registration fee: £5 GA members/£15 non-members. GA members have priority booking until 4 weeks before the event when any remaining places will open to non members

If you would like to become a member of the GA full details are on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/