Guides
Practical guidance written for British conditions. Every guide links through to the locations and fossils it describes.
Getting started
Identification
- What to look for when fossil huntingFossils betray themselves through shape, symmetry, texture and weight. Here is how to train your eye.5 min
- What rocks to look for when fossil huntingFossils only occur in certain rocks. Recognising those rocks tells you where to spend your time — and where not to bother.6 min
- What stones to look for when fossil huntingA practical guide to picking the right stones out of the shingle — and to the lookalikes that fool most beginners.5 min
- How to identify a fossilA sequence of questions that will name most British finds without a reference library.6 min
Planning
- Where to go fossil huntingThe main fossil-hunting regions of Britain, what each one produces, and how to choose between them.7 min
- Where to go fossil hunting near meHow to find the closest realistic fossil site to where you live, wherever in Britain that is.5 min
- What to take fossil huntingA short, honest kit list. Most of it you already own.4 min
- Best fossil hunting beaches in the UKTen beaches that combine accessible ground, reliable finds and enough information locally to make sense of them.8 min
- Where to find ammonites in the UKThe coasts and formations that produce ammonites, and how to search them.5 min
- Where to find shark teeth in the UKThe Eocene clays and Pliocene crags of the south and east, and the technique that finds teeth.5 min