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...
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
Celtic Harmony talk with Rockwatchers
Talk about stones used in the Stone Age
Hertfordshire Puddingstone
Mike Howgate talking about the geology of flint used in the Stone Age.
Rockwatchers had a fascinating Stone Age experience at Celtic Harmony Camp
From flint tools to fossils (and Hertfordshire Puddingstone!), it was a brilliant hands-on day.
Read more + see photos: [rockwatch.org.uk]
#Rockwatch #Geology #Prehistory
Join us 13–14 June in Lyme Regis – we’ll be in the Lister Gardens marquees with loads of hands-on fun for young geologists and best of all, lots of it is FREE.
👉 Check out what’s on: fossilfestival.com
#Rockwatch #FossilFestival #LymeRegis #YoungGeologists #JurassicCoast #FamilyFun
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...
A brilliant day in Folkestone for our Rockwatchers exploring dinosaur footprints with Steve Friedrich!
Fossils, discovery & hands-on learning all the way:
“Steve was fantastic!”
“Couldn’t believe how many fossils there were!”
Days like this inspire future geologists 💙
#Rockwatch #Geology #Fossils
A postcard format poster for the walk, showing a photo of the Guildhall Art Gallery and a photomontage with an ammonite fossil and some pink granite and the text ‘Geology and building stones in the city of London. Meet at 2.30 pm at Bank Station Exit 1’
My next #urbangeology walk with London Walks will be on 2 May 2026 and will be all about the rocks, minerals and fossils in building stones in the City of London. Reservations and more info is at www.walks.com/our-walks/ge...
See you there!
Rockwatch is pleased to be joining the team at this event so hope to see some young geologists and their families there.
📅 Planning an event for International Geodiversity Day?
🌏 Don't forget to register it on our website, and we will share it with the world! You can also find helpful resources, and examples of events from previous years.
www.geodiversityday.org/organise-an-...
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.
Cover of Issue 102 of the Rockwatch Magazine
Rockwatch Magazine Issue 102 is here!
From city fossils in Canary Wharf to the geology of Mars and the story behind Lulworth Cove — this issue is packed with discovery. Join Rockwatch to get your copy
#Rockwatch #Geology #STEM #Fossils
Rocky's look is officially canon. 🪨
Author Andy Weir sat down with us to talk about the real star of “Project Hail Mary”, Rocky the rock-tarantula alien. With astrobiologist Mike Wong, we dive into if aliens could evolve like that and how Rocky’s biology actually works.
🥳 Today we're announcing the theme for International Geodiversity Day 2026... and 2027 and 2028!
🌍 Time to get planning your celebrations for October 6th!
🌐 Read more on the #GeodiversityDay website:
www.geodiversityday.org/post/igd-the...
Image description: photo of Christina Orieschnig. Text reads:'' Geotalk Meet Christina Orieschnig, hydrologist and science communicator! Read NOW.''
👋 Meet Christina Orieschnig, hydrologist and science communicator!
Christina shares her experience and role as an Early Career Scientist representative of the Hydrological Sciences division, along with a few tips for #EGU26 attendees.
👀 Want to read more? Then check our #GeoTalk: egu.eu/6UM1AA
Congratulations and looking forward to seeing photos with lots of happy children using it after the ribbon cutting!
#AskAGeoscientist! 🪨⚒️🌍🧪👩🔬
Ever wanted to ask what it's like to walk on lava? How we know what a volcano plumbing system is like? Do volcanologists actually wear those silver suits?
Whatever your burning question, pop it below as Friday I'm recording a podcast with @smitchellscience.bsky.social!
🗣️ Just 1 day left to HAVE YOUR SAY 🗣️
Geodiversity Day needs a theme for 2026, and your idea could be the chosen one!
📅 Deadline: March 18th
🌐 Suggest your theme here: www.geodiversityday.org/post/theme-f...
If you'd like to support the fundraising campaign of the Friends of Lyme Regis Museum to help acquire this #MaryAnning partial letter for the museum, you can make a donation here:
www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/about-us/fri...
Cibber’s panel on the monument. At the bottom left London personified sits slumped on rubble whilst the fire rages above her. On the left King Charles II orders her resurrection and above him, men are working on scaffold rebuilding the city
A view of The Monument to the Great Fire of London on a stunningly beautiful spring day
A fabulous day for an #urbangeology walk yesterday. We started at my favourite piece of public sculpture, the panel on the plinth of The Monument, carved in the 1670s by Caius Gabriel Cibber in #PortlandStone. Thanks to everyone who came along! Book onto future walks at www.walks.com/guides/ruth-1/
Portrait of Mary Anning in February 1842. She wears a long green cloak and a straw bonnet tied with a red ribbon. She holds a hammer and carries a basket. AT her feet are some fossils and her dog.
Palaeontologist #MaryAnning was a legend in her lifetime. From 1821 to 1846 she's mentioned in at least 250 newspapers, magazines, popular books and scientific papers & books. Hundreds of geologists and tourists went to Lyme Regis to meet 'the celebrated Mary Anning'.
#InternationalWomensDay
Poster for trip. Text reads ‘The 12th-13th century Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida in Ceredigion is built from imported stone in addition to the local greywackes. Some of these freestones were also used for Llanbadarn church. Morning: Strata Florida Abbey. Introduction to the local and building stone geology by Tim and Ruth. We will then explore the abbey site to identify the different stone types in situ and their reuse in later buildings. Lunch Picnic at Strata Florida or lunch at The Black Lion, Pontrhydfendigaid. Afternoon: Llanbadarn Church. Imported stones are also seen in the fabric of the church. The interior also reveals a C12th Purbeck marble font, and a C10th Celtic stone carved from granodiorite from Cader Idris. Logistics Strata Florida is 19 miles from Aberystwyth and best visited by car. A taxi ride for 4 people from Aberystwyth railway station to Strata Florida would take 1⁄2 hour and cost approximately £40. A return taxi to Llanbardarn Fawr would cost a similar amount. The church is a 25 minute walk from the railway station.
Upcoming field trip with @geolassoc.bsky.social
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
#urbangeology
Poster for Rockwatch field trip to Bracklesham Bay 16 May 2026
Rockwatch is back at Bracklesham Bay!
Join David & Anne Bone on 16 May 2026 for a fossil hunt timed with the falling tide. Expect Eocene shells and the chance of sharks’ teeth.
Members only | Age 7+ | Booking required rockwatch.org.uk
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
Poster for Rockwatch field trip to Cumbria, 19 April 2026
Join Rockwatch for a family geology adventure in South Cumbria. Explore a 420-million-year-old seafloor, see giant rocks from across the Lake District and look down into an ancient volcanic quarry.
19 April 2026 | Millom Rock Park | £2.50 | Limited spaces!
Book now: [rockwatch.org.uk]
#Rockwatch
Really love that pod - must check this one out!
Congratulations Ben Cunningham 👏
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.
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.
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...
