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Burnham-on-Crouch has yielded an incredible variety of fossils, you just never know what you may find. Various sharks species (teeth and vertebrae most common), crabs, seeds, fish remains (including ray teeth), and much more.


Walton-on-the-Naze is Famous for yielding fossil bird remains, large sharks teeth and plant remains from the London Clay, whilst boasting the best coastal location for collecting Red Crag fossils in the UK. A unpredictable location of variety.


What looks like a flat beach behind a concrete seawall actually yields plenty of shark and fish teeth, plant remains and much more. People have been collecting here for years. However, success at this location is subject to beach conditions.


The most productive location for Lobster fragments, found in small yellow nodules, this small location with its tiny cliffs can bring some nice surprises. Sharks teeth and fish remains can also be found. There are several species of lobster to be collected. UK Fossils first public event.


Steeple Bay is very similar to Maylandsea. It is very productive for lobster fragments, which are found in small yellow nodules, and for crabs. There are several species of lobster that can be collected here and it is also rich in microfossils. All fossils are washed out of the London Clay from the low cliffs and foreshore.


East Mersea can be very popular in the summer since it is a beautiful area, not far from Colchester. The foreshore is London Clay, with sa few shark teeth to be found. This site is well documented for OIS5 and OIS6 deposits rich in small mammals, teeth, molluscs and other remains.


Along the Wrabness shoreline of the River Stour and after scouring tides or stormy seas, fossils are washed up from sediments from the Quaternary. These include bones of deer, horse and whale from the Red Crag, with turtles, shells, and shark and fish teeth within cement stones and pyrite concretions from the London Clay.


Along the Wrabness shoreline of the River Stour and after scouring tides or stormy seas, fossils are washed up from sediments from the Quaternary. These include bones of deer, horse and whale from the Red Crag, with turtles, shells, and shark and fish teeth within cement stones and pyrite concretions from the London Clay.



Cliff
Fossils collected direct from cliff face
Foreshore
Fossils collected from the foreshore
Cliff/Foreshore
Fossils collected from the cliff and foreshore
Quarry
Location is a quarry or pit
Stream
Fossils collected from a stream or river bed,
Field
Fossils collected from a farm field
Cutting
Fossils collected from road or railway cutting.
Scree Slope
Fossils collected from hill or mountain scree slope.
Rock Outcrop
Fossils collected from rock outcrops.
Lake / Reservoir
Fossils collected from lake or reservoir banks.
Microfossils
Samples taken back for processing microfossils.

 

Essex


Fossils are common
Fossils often found
Fossils are not common
Fossils rarely found
Site protected, no collecting permitted, or no access to beach

Quaternary
Neogene
Palaeogene

Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian / Pre Cambrian

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