UKAFH visit Ramsholt, 2nd September 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 Updated on September 7, 2017

Later in the day the rain set in.

A really nice shark tooth found by Ruban

: A selection of finds

: Ray dental plate found by Lucy

: A selection of finds by Eric Hempstead

: Aidan’s fish tooth

: Peter’s smashing finds

: Group briefing

: UKAFH fossil huntiing on Ramsholt beach

: Peter’s large shark tooth

: Ava’s London clay shark tooth

: Sam’s shark tooth from the London clay

: Josie’s first shark tooth

: Tamsin’s bone find

: Jude with a fossil shell from the Red Crag

: Ramsholt beach

: Lovely bivalves found by Peter

: Nice Shark tooth found by Peter

: Ava’s superb London clay shark tooth

: Looking hard for fossils

: Nicky found a really nice fossil crab

: Bone fragment found by Ruban

: Ruben’s bone

: Beautiful crab carapace found by Nicky

: Partial shark tooth found by Jenny

: A really nice shark tooth found by Ruban

: Very large ray tooth found by Tamsin

: Hunting along the shingle

: Coral found by Peter

: Leader selfie!

: Eyes down, look in!

: Later in the day the rain set in.

: Big piece of bryozoan found by Jane

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