(Walton Red Crag Shell beds) - 2000
The Red Crag yield a wide variety of shells, fish fragments, sharks teeth and occasional bone fragments. The shells are very fragile. care and extra protection should be taken. Small mammal remains, vole etc can also be found but these are normally found by wet sieving to a mesh of 0.5mm
(London Clay, exposed during scouring tides) - 2003
The sharks teeth at Walton can get very large, some of the largest of the London clay come from here. However sharks teeth are not as common as other London Clay locations. This location is exceptional for its alternative range of London Clay fossils and surprises, such as lobsters and bird bones. These come from light coloured nodules (see fossil photo page), or within areas of pyretic fossilised wood, and can be collected after stormy waters and scoring tides along the foreshore. These fossils however can just as easily be found washed out amongst the shingle and pyrite areas. Most of the bird bones are actually found loose along the foreshore at the far end of Walton and can be identified by a complete hole running through the centre of the bone. They also have a honeycomb structure surrounding this hole. Occasionally the centre can become in filled and it is important to distinguish between this.
During the 2003 November scour, Tapier bones were recorded here from along the foreshore, Most fossils are found by sieving and taking back samples of London Clay in areas of pyretic fossilised wood, this is also your best chance of finding bird remains.
