Photos from UKAFH’s fossil hunt at King’s Dyke Nature Reserve, Sunday 13th August

Posted on August 14, 2017 Updated on August 14, 2017

Incredibly preserved plesiosaur vertebra

Leaders Chris Tait, Aidan Philpott and Sam Caethoven

This entry was posted in Photos and tagged ammonite, ammonites, belemnite, Finds, fish, fossils, hunt, plesiosaur, quarry.

2 thoughts on “Photos from UKAFH’s fossil hunt at King’s Dyke Nature Reserve, Sunday 13th August”

Rowan said:
August 14, 2017 at 8:59 pm

This was a brilliant day out. We couldn’t have been made more welcome and my daughters were totally thrilled to come away with so many finds! Thanks so much.

scaethoven responded:
August 14, 2017 at 9:02 pm

Thank you! We are thrilled you enjoyed your day and look forward to you coming out with us again sometime soon!

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