There were over 600 visitors on February 14th to the Love Nature event at the Mansion. GeoSuffolk brought fossils for its stand and many families were shown animals from the Pre-Cambrian through to the present day. Stars of the show included a Stegodon tooth and a replica Australopithecus skull. We were also pleased to see many specimens brought in by visitors, especially a piece of a large ammonite found at Hintlesham.
Download GeoSuffolk Times no.56 for an update on GeoSuffolk's SSSI surveys for Natural England; a close-up of the English Heritage work on Orford Castle building stones; plus a reminder that walruses have been North Sea visitors for nearly 3 million years.
GeoSuffolk's recent visit to see Orford Castle's new 'coat' revealed that buff-coloured mortar now covers and stabiises the septarian nodules - note also the replacement Caen Stone blocks. For more read the October 2022 GeoSuffolk Times.
GeoSuffolk has been monitoring some of our geological SSSIs for Natural England again this winter. A visit to Neutral Farm Pit SSSI in November showed work done in the last few years by GeoSuffolk and Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Work Parties has been of lasting benefit. The photo shows an exposure of Red Crag, with a shell bed sitting on a current-bedded unit clearly visible.
Congratulations to the Ipswich Society for co-ordinating one of the most successful Heritage Open Days ever, with record high visitor numbers. On Saturday September 10th St Peter's by the Waterfront saw more than 400 visitors through its doors - and most of these visited GeoSuffolk's stand displaying both local and exotic building stones.
The Tournai Limestone font in St Peters.