Tag: Natural History

“Suffolk Country Lane.”

The hedges and verges alongside roads and lanes, can be a haven for wildlife if left to become a little overgrown.
Unfortunately many are cut repeatedly during the growing season.
Whilst some maintenance is done for safety reasons, most times it’s to ‘tidy up’.
Ideally those areas that will not effect safety should be left, hedges not flailed to stumps, flowers allowed to seed.
Perhaps local groups could be in charge of managing this.
Roadside verges and hedges have the potential to become mini nature reserves and pleasure fod all road users to enjoy.
Plantlife has a road verge campaign.


https://plantlife.love-wildflowers.org.uk/roadvergecampaign

My nature photography and art designs can be found on my Ko Fi page where I post on a regular basis.

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Fossils and Dinosaurs

Some interesting news articles about fossils and Dinosaurs from around the UK.

There are many places in the UK where fossils can be found from various geological eras. These include Dinosaurs.

UK Fossils is a useful site and has a list of places to go fossil hunting.

https://ukfossils.co.uk/

Have a look, you never know what you will find.

Charnwood Forest Fossils

Life lessons – Charnia masoni fossil from Charnwood Forest (Scale bar 10 cm) (Image: Dr Frankie Dunn, OUMNH)

Precambrian Charnwood Forest fossils more complex than first thought.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/fossil-study-sheds-light-weird-5698586

Find fossils dating back more than 300 million years at The National Stone Centre, Derbyshire.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/unearth-derbyshires-prehistoric-past-find-5901418

Well preserved Jurassic sea creatures have been found in the Cotswolds.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/july/huge-jurassic-seabed-uncovered-in-cotswolds-quarry.html

The Jurassic fossils of the Cotswolds reveal prehistoric secrets – and can help us predict the future

Fossil Trees, Glasgow

  • Eleven ancient tree stumps were discovered in Victoria Park, Glasgow, in the 19th century

    ALAMY


Fossil trees from the Carboniferous in Glasgow’s Victoria Park, are in danger from the damp.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damp-puts-prehistoric-fossil-trees-in-danger-p89sv2chf

An unusual concentration of large fossil Ammonites off Sussex is being investigated.

https://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Hampshire/Portsmouth/PO6/News/Local-News/333189-Huge-ancestors-of-squid-once-littered-England%E2%80%99s-beaches

https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/sussex/news/huge-squid-ancestor-fossils-sussex/

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-ancestors-squid-thrived-british-21629839

Somerset fossil hunters need to be better informed.
As someone who does a bit of fossil hunting, hammering away at a cliff face is not advised.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-57917346

Fossil Footprints, Folkestone.

UNIVERSITY PORTSMOUTH/PA MEDIA

image caption,This large footprint belonged to an ornithopod

Dinosaur footprints found at Folkestone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-57529372

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/18/footprints-of-possibly-last-dinosaurs-to-walk-britain-found-in-kent

Places in the UK to look for fossils.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/best-places-uk-unearth-buried-24506141

Shanklin Beach, Isle of Wight.

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/this-uk-beach-is-famous-for-being-a-great-hunting-ground-for-dinosaur-fossils-4007777.html

Fossil Dinosaur Footprint, South Wales

Lily Wilder spotted the dinosaur footprint at Bendricks Bay, south Wales, while out with her father

WALES NEWS SERVICE


Fossil Dinosaur footprint found by a little girl in South Wales, on display in the National Museum Wales, Cardiff.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cardiff-museum-welcomes-lilys-dinosaur-fossil-find-h3nktv89f

https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/19458963.national-museum-cardiff-displays-dinosaur-footprint-found-4-year-old-barry/

Scottish Geology Festival. Runs till the 17th October.

Explore the secrets hidden in Scotland’s landscape

Yorkshire beaches where fossils can be found.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/hidden-yorkshire-coves-beaches-perfect-21167227

Little boy finds fossil in his garden.
It’s great to see children exploring and discovering the world around them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-56554925

Kilve Beach, Somerset. Another place to explore for fossils.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/beautiful-hidden-gem-fossil-beach-5683786

Mammoths on display at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/19572276.british-museum-partnership-display-shropshire-woolly-mammoths/

Creswell Crags where Ice Age mammals once roamed.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottinghamshire-beauty-spot-once-dubbed-5848393

Mammoth Tooth found on Norfolk Beach

The mammoth molar tooth which was found on Trimingham beach in north Norfolk by Jake Norton. – Credit: Supplied by Jack Norton

Mammoth tooth found on Trimingham Beach, Norfolk.

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/jake-norton-mammoth-molar-north-norfolk-8216172

Museum in Plymouth names it’s Mammoth, Mildred.

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/special-features/the-box-largest-resident-named-5824304

Next years Norfolk sculpture trail will be Mammoths.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/break-gogodiscover-steppe-mammoth-reveal-8000592

Dippy is still at Norwich Cathedral till the 30th October.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/dippy-on-tour-opens-at-norwich-cathedral-for-final-stop-of-natio.html

Animatronic Dinosaurs in Glasgow from October 2nd till October 17th.

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/special-features/dinosaurs-coming-back-life-glasgows-21495959

Electronic T-Rex

The owners of Avon Valley adventure and wildlife park put the finishing touches to the huge new electronic T Rex at Dinosaur Alley (Image: Paul Gillis photography)

Moving Dinosaur models at Avon Valley Adventure  and Wildlife Park.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/huge-new-moving-dinosaurs-country-5741179

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