One of our affiliated societies - The Earth Science Teachers' Association is holding their 58th annual conference next weekend at @es-ucl.bsky.social in London. Join them for two days of learning, networking, and fun! Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-58th-e...

Welcome to September with a close up image from the GA 2025 calendar of a Jurassic ammonite from Charmouth in Dorset, which was taken by Gerald Lucy.

Join us and our colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social on Saturday 1st November from 10.30am until 4.30pm at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House in London for the 2025 Festival of Geology - a free event for everyone interested in the story of Earth. Children and families welcome!

The deadline for entries to the GA 2025 Photo Competition is Friday 22nd August so there's still time to submit up to 3 photos for a chance to win a cash prize! 🥇£150 🥈£75 🥉£50 Email entries to: [email protected] Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...

Did you know that the GA have boxes of fossils, rocks and minerals we hire out to UK schools and home educators for the study of the Key Stage 2 earth-science curriculum? We have reached over 10,000 children across 113 schools and 7 home-educator groups as far afield as Elgin, Pembroke and Somerset

Welcome to August with a dramatic image from the Geologists' Association 2025 calendar of Columnar Basalt, Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland taken by Graham Hickman, which won first prize in the GA 2024 Photographic Competition.

Microbial mound origin for enigmatic sea-floor circular structures? Purbeck Limestone Group, offshore Dorset by Dan Bosenceᵃ, Jenny Collierᵇ, Arnaud Galloisᵃ, Ian Watkinsonᵃ, Chris Dunkerley, Simon Flecknerᵃ ᵃ @royalholloway.bsky.social ᵇ @eseimperial.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Do REEs in mudstones record bottom-water redox?: The Pliensbachian–Toarcian record (L. Jurassic) & T-OAE in the Cleveland Basin, England by Ian Jarvisᵃ Elizabeth Atarᵇᶜ Darren R Gröckeᵇᶜ João P Trabucho-Alexandreᶜ ᵃ@kingstonuniversity.bsky.social ᵇᶜ@durhamearthsci.bsky.social ᶜ@uugeo.bsky.social

Thank you to Peter Jones for leading our very informative trip to Derbyshire today to examine the geology of the Wirksworth and Cromford areas Starting and ending the day at the The National Stone Centre we focused on rocks of the Carboniferous period among the wider Quaternary landscape

Microvertebrates from a Rhaetian neptunian dyke at Holwell, Somerset: Dating the fissures In volume 136, Issue 4 (August 2025) of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Read more here (open access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

There's still chance to submit up to 3 photos to the GA 2025 Photo Competition to be in with a chance of winning a cash prize! Closing date: Friday 22 August 2025 Email your entries to: [email protected] For full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...

Did you know that the GA have boxes of fossils, rocks and minerals that we hire out to schools and home educators for the study of Key Stage 2 earth-science related curriculum subjects? We are now taking bookings for September 2025! Order yours now: email [email protected]

There's still time to register for tomorrow's free Zoom lecture - Here be sea monsters: new perspectives on fossil marine tetrapods by Dr Rebecca Bennion • GA Members: use the link in the Members' area of the GA website • Non-members: call 020 7434 9298 or email [email protected]

Our colleagues at the Geologists' Association club for junior geologists: @rockwatch.bsky.social currently have a vacancy for a volunteer Fieldtrip Manager. If you are interested helping to inspire the next generation of junior geologists email [email protected] for more details.

Welcome to July 2025 with a colourful image from the Geologists' Association 2025 calendar of Namaskard Geothermal Area in Iceland taken by John Shipp, which was Highly Commended in the 2024 Photographic Competition.

Registration for the 2025 GA Conference 'The Geology and Natural Resources of North Staffordshire' is now open! Join us for a long weekend of talks, displays and field visits. Booking essential. 📍 @keeleuniversity.bsky.social 🗓️Fri 3rd - Sun 5th Oct 2025 geologistsassociation.org.uk/conferences/

Join us on Saturday, 5th July 2025 from 10am at @merthyrscience.bsky.social We'll be there with our interactive earth science exhibits: have a go at our 'extinction' game and match the minerals to the materials. Plus fossils, rocks and mineral specimens to handle. #stemeducation #stemactivities

Join us online on Friday 4th July at 19.00 BST for our next free talk - Here be sea monsters: new perspectives on fossil marine tetrapods by Dr Rebecca Bennion, North Craven Life Museum This will be an online event via Zoom. Members and non-members should register in advance...

One of our affiliated societies - The Amateur Geological Society is holding a 'Conversazione Evening' on the theme of 'Chalk Sea Ecosystems', including two mini-presentations, displays, minerals/fossils for sale plus bring along your chalk fossils to be identified. Wine and nibbles will be provided

Volume 24, No 2 (June 2025) of the Geologists' Association Magazine is out now! On the cover is an image of black tourmaline pebbles amongst rounded quartzite pebbles on Budleigh Salterton beach, South Devon taken by Ian Mercer. This edition includes a variety of other content, including:

Lovely article in The Guardian newspaper highlighting Scotland's new UNESCO Geopark on Arran. Some light weekend reading to inspire your next geological adventure. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

We’re thrilled to let you know that we will be at the 2025 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this coming weekend alongside our colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social 📅 Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th June 🕙 From 10:00 AM onwards 📍 Lister Gardens Marquees on the seafront at Lyme Regis, Dorset

Tonight at 19.00 BST! There's still time to register for tonight's free online lecture: The Great Glen Fault Zone - back and forth for longer than we thought by Dr Eddie Dempsey, University of Hull Email [email protected] for Zoom details

Given our recent visit to the Jurassic Coast with Emeritus Professor David Martill we're pleased to announce some of his recent pterosaur research alongside colleague Dr Roy Smith is available to view online in Proceedings of the Geologists' Association (PGA).

Welcome to June 2025 with a scenic image of steeply dipping strata at St Abb's Head, Scotland from the GA calendar, taken by James Ryan The impressive cliffs of greywackes and siltstones near St Abb's Head were laid down at the bottom of the sea during the Silurian period 460-410 million years ago.

Our next free evening talk is The Great Glen Fault Zone - Back and forth for longer than we thought by Dr Eddie Dempsey, University of Hull on Fri 6th Jun at 19.00 BST via Zoom Non-members should telephone 020 7434 9298 or email the Secretary ([email protected]) for details

A GA group recently returned from a fantastic field excursion to Iceland and here are just a few images showing what the land of ice and fire has to offer.

Thank you to Emeritus Professor David Martill for taking us on a tour of vertebrate palaeontology sites in Dorset, including visits to the fabulous @charmouthhcc.bsky.social and The Etches Collection

Join us on Saturday 13th September 2025 when we will be exploring Silurian & Triassic strata in South Wales with Ben Evans, Project Manager with the British Institute for Geological Conservation GA Members £5 / Non-members £15 Book via the GA website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/event-bookin...

Join us on Sunday 13th July 2025 when we will be exploring the limestone, karst hydrology & mining legacy in Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire with Vanessa Banks GA Members £5 / Non-members £15 Book via the GA website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/event-bookin...

Join us on Saturday 12th July 2025 when we will be exploring the geology of the Wirksworth and Cromford Area in Derbyshire with Peter Jones GA Members £10 / Non-members £20 (including entrance fee to the National Stone Centre) Book via the GA website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/event-bookin...

There’s just one month to go until the Great Exhibition Road Festival is finally here and the Geologists' Association will be there with our hands-on activities and information in the Discovery Tent, which is part of the Family Fun Zone in Prince's Gardens!

Last few spaces on our next UK field trip to examine the vertebrate palaeontology of the Jurassic Coast with Prof David Martill, 20-23 May 2025, including classic localities in Lyme Regis, Kimmeridge and Swanage £20 GA Members £50 Non-members Book now: geologistsassociation.org.uk/event-bookin...

Geologists' Association Award Winners 2025. Our warmest congratulations to all!

The Geologists' Association (GA) 2025 Photographic Competition is now open! A fantastic opportunity to showcase your creative photography of landscapes, cliff faces, quarries, fossils, crystals, or even thin sections and much more! Cash prizes! 1st: £150 2nd: £75 3rd: £50

There's still time to register for our next free evening lecture, this coming Friday 9th May at 18.45 GMT This will be a hybrid event: in-person at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House and online via Zoom Email [email protected] to register Non-members welcome

Welcome to #May2025 and a mesmerising image from the Geologists' Association 2025 calendar of sandstone ledges at Noup Head, Orkney taken by Gary Eisenhauer.

Volume 24, No 1 (March 2025) of the Geologists' Association Magazine is out now! On the cover is a photo of folding rocks at Millook Haven, Cornwall taken by Jon Turner, which won second prize in the GA 2024 Photographic Competition. This edition includes a variety of other content, including:

The Mary Anning statue maquette recently arrived at Warwickshire Museum from Yorkshire Natural History Museum in Sheffield The maquette is set in a handsome display of Ichthyosaur fossils within the striking 17th Century Market Hall building where it will be on display until the end of July 2025

Join us on Friday 9th May at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House in London for our next free talk, the 2025 Presidential Address: Calcareous nannofossils - Little things can make a big difference by Dr Liam T Gallagher This will be a hybrid event: in-person at Burlington House and online via Zoom

Great news for the future of the Crystal Palace dinosaur models www.bbc.com/news/article...

The theme for the 2025 International Geodiversity Day on Monday 6th October 2025 has been announced: www.geodiversityday.org/.../theme-an.... For more details about the build up to this year's event see: www.geodiversityday.org #GeodiversityDay #geodiversity #geology #geologyrocks

Details are available for our Smokejacks Field Meeting on 29 Jun 2025 led by Peter Austen & Ed Jarzembowski: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#smo... GA Members £5, Non-Members £15 Numbers limited to 21 Priority to GA members. To join the GA visit: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/ #geology

Check out our three-day UK field trip to examine classic localities of Cumbrian geology, based in Kendal from 13-15 June 2025, led by Richard Wrigley from Westmorland Geological Society GA members £15 non-GA members £50 Details and to book online: geologistsassociation.org.uk/event-bookin...

Volume 136, Issues 1-2 of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association (PGA) is out now and is a Geological Conservation Review special issue focusing on the Quaternary of Southern England

There's still time to register for tomorrow evening's free online lecture - use the link on the attached poster. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. In the event of difficulty please email [email protected]

Join us online this coming Friday evening, 4th April, at 19.00 GMT for our next free lecture: 'Moughton & the Elusive Unconformity' - Searching for the angular contact between the Silurian metamorphics and the Great Scar Limestone by John Connor

Welcome to April 2025 with a complex image from the Geologists' Association calendar of rocks at Laxford Bridge Road Cutting in Scotland taken by David Goodwin, which was highly commended in the GA 2024 Photographic Competition

Fascinating discovery and very timely story in the run up to Mothering Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Save the date! Outline details are now available for the Geologists' Association 2025 Conference at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social in Staffordshire from Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October Further information and registration details will be available soon geologistsassociation.org.uk/conferences/