Fossiliam: Dr Liam Herringshaw
Strolling through 200 million years of history The geology and Earth heritage of Redcar is amazing, from storm-tossed Jurassic seabeds to Mesolithic birch forests, with tectonics and glaciations thrown in for good measure. No wonder it is a site of special scientific interest. Yet if you look online for information about Redcar’s geology, it’s disappointingly scarce. The marvellous Dr Brooke...
The 2026 schedule for Fossils-UK’s Yorkshire fossil-hunting tours has gone live, and I’m up first, leading a trip to Runswick Bay on Sunday February 8th from 12-2pm. But why on Earth might anyone want to go fossil-finding there, with me, in the depths of winter? Let me explain… Why February? OK, there’s always a chance the trip will get called...
Last year, I wrote a blogpost about stegosaurs in Whitby, after I found a lovely block of fallen sandstone containing Deltapodus (stegosaur) footprints in it. Last week, The Rock Showman gave me a shout and said “I’ve found another Deltapodus, in Saltwick Bay, and I’ve left it by the path for all to enjoy!” As I was leading a Natural...
Summer may be over, but there’s still plenty of opportunity to get out fossiling. This autumn I’m leading a variety of events, both in York and on the Yorkshire Coast: Whitby small-group fossil tourThursday October 3rd, 9.15–11.15am – East Scar, WhitbyBook on Eventbrite (max. 7 tickets available) Prehistoric tour of YorkSunday Oct 6th, 11am & 2pm – Start at Yorkshire...
Leading a family fossil hunt at Whitby, I walked my group onto East Scar, beneath Whitby Abbey. The rocks in the foreshore and lower part of the cliffs here are Early Jurassic marine shales. The dark grey layers, peppered with hard, pale lumps, belong to the Whitby Mudstone Formation. The hard pale lumps are limestone nodules (concretions) that grew around...
