Covid-19 restrictions preclude us from organising a GeoWeek event this year. However, ‘The Suffolk Dragon’, GeoSuffolk’s latest addition (2020) to its leaflet library, is an ideal companion for self-guided GeoWeek outings.
Download GeoSuffolk Times no 49 for Crag Boxstones; Joseph T last; SSSI site monitoring update.
Download GeoSuffolk Times 48 for SSSI surveys (Red Crag and Coralline Crag); Basil Brown; Ipswich Building Stones (link to Ipswich Society Newsletter).
Elizabeth Cobbold's story has been told in The Suffolk Natural History 2020 (the Suffolk Naturalists' Society Transactions) by Bob and Caroline Markham. It has a full catalogue of her specimens figured in James Sowerby's Mineral Conchology in the early 1800s - including Acila cobboldiae (in the photo), named after her. See the SNS website and GeoSuffolk Notes no 70.
The pit at Buckanay was looking beautiful this week - it is on private property, but can be seen from the footpath between Alderton and Shinglestreet.