A re-visit to Quantoxhead was made in what is usually a very productive area. Unfortunately, UKF made little finds, just a large piece of crinoid stem and a large shell. Images will follow shortly. The reptile bed was well exposed on the foreshore with little silt and sand, however there just wasn't any bones showing. There has also been no cliff falls for sometime.
We did however take the opportunity to examine the superb faults and geological features along the coastline here, the photo below shows the strata which appears to take a u-turn. This has been caused by the beds dipping to the left hand side of the photo. The limestone between the layers of shale can be clearly seen at different levels from the foreshore and cliff but are of the same zone. Where erosion has removed the beds in between the 'U'-shape through the result of falling, it has preserved the beds on the foreshore.
A new location in the morning to Saint Audries to examine the blue lias. Unfortunately no finds were made due to no recent cliff fall and a covered foreshore.
During the afternoon, a revisit to Quantoxhead after previous successful years took place. The foreshore was silted up and no Bones were found. However at the west end of Quantoxhead, amongst the larger boulders with many ammonite broken parts and large molds, a small nautilus was found, it is around 4cm and is positioned on the side in a heavy bolder. It is unknown at present if the nautilus is complete, it will take some time for cleaning to take place. There may also be a second smaller one in the same rock, but it looks likely that the second is broken. A number of other shall s including a few pectin's were found.
