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This month’s fascinating lecture is titled ‘The relative “value” & potential of the UK’s in-situ dinosaur track sites’ and will be by Professor Mark Butler.

“Fossil tracks are a key means of determining

Next months fascinating lecture is titled ‘The relative “value” & potential of the UK’s in-situ dinosaur track sites’ and will be by Professor Mark Butler.

“Fossil tracks are a key means of determining the pa

Our next talk 🥳

This Friday we will have an exciting talk by the wonderful Dr Mark O’Dell about ‘A Collecter’s View of the Ammonites of Great Britain’.

“The presentation looks at ammonites in the geological record and

Our next lecture isn’t one to miss! This one is on Zoom, which is super convenient for those of you who travel each time.
If you’re already a member it’s free, and the link to attend has been emailed out to all members for this Fri

This next talk has been all over the news, creating a buzz for the use of modern technology to dive into the mechanics of flying dinosaurs.

The talk is called ‘Pterosaurs and CT scans: combining the old and the new’ by Dr Liz Martin-Sil

Fantastic time at the group field trip to Naunton Quarry on Saturday. We had a wonderful guide telling us all about the seven major formations of the Great Ooalite series and what they are used for around the Cotswolds, along with explanations of the

Last nights talk was incredible, here are some pictures of the fossils Christopher Berry brought along with him.
Note how in the first picture you can see what looks like mini trees inside the cross section of one fossilised trunk of the ‘Xini

‘The evolution of the first trees and forests in the Devonian’

This is the title of our next talk by the wonderful Professor Christopher Berry of Cardiff university.

“This talk will describe the discovery of the oldest fossil for

Points to who can identify this incredible little specimen! 🐚

Found on one of our members recent trip to Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast. This coastline and Lyme in particular is known all around the globe because of Mary Anning. Mary Anning was a f

The Next Lecture we will be giving at the CMGS is on Friday 12 April at 7.30pm (doors open at 7.00pm) at the Millenium Hall Shurdington. All current members are welcome, new members can join at the hall or pay just to see the lecture too on the door!

Our most recent talk about Welsh gold was really enlightening.
Having access to a multitude of impressive speakers, some within our society itself means we always have an array of talks to go to. We have them scheduled in for the rest of this year,

We have something exciting coming up. 👀
This Friday 8th March at 7:30pm we have the wonderful Tom Cotterell giving a talk about Welsh gold. ✨

‘There is a real draw to Welsh gold but what makes it so special?
Why is it considered so valuable