(Searching for fossils in the Bolder Clay) - 2005

During intense rainfall or high tides, boulder clay falls from the top of the cliff, usually this also gets washed out on the foreshore especially during scouring tides. Within this clay many Ichthyosaurus bones have been found mostly being vertebrae and paddle bones. Many other reptile bones can be found and crocodile. Ammonites can be collected from the foreshore. It is best to collect from the foreshore when the clay is being washed out, you have more chance of finding fossils.

The clay contains many erratic's including lower, middle, upper chalk, Kimmerage formations and occasionally highly fossilferious Oolite similar to that of Yorkshire, the list goes on. In the chalk sometimes Echinoid's and brachiopods can also be found. Within the clay, occasional blue gray nodules or pale yellow nodules can be found, these can contain Ammonites , shells and bones. You will need a heavy hammer to split these. There are also some dark red rocks which Ammonites can also be found in, but these are quite poorly preserved.