Volume 25, number 3 (September 2026) of the Geologists' Association Magazine is out now! This issue includes a write up of the 2026 field meeting to Sicily & The Aeolian Islands, which proved to be very popular and we are running this trip again in 2027: geologistsassociation.org.uk/overseasfiel...

We celebrated another Curry Fund success story at the weekend with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque by Peaches Golding OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol to acknowledge the discovery in 1834 of one of the first dinosaurs to be named: Thecodontosaurus.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Katherine Joy from the University of Manchester will deliver one of the headline talks at the Festival of Geology this year - Back to the Moon: how and why we explore our closest planetary neighbour?

Join us at The Geological Society Burlington House on Friday, 2nd October for our next free evening talk: Thirty years of discovery at the UK's largest dinosaur track site in North Oxfordshire by Professor Kirsty Edgar, University of Birmingham. Non-members are welcome free of charge.

The deadline is fast approaching for booking your place at our annual conference, taking place in York from Friday 25th - Sunday 27th September 2026. 🚨Deadline for Ice-breaker, Conference and Conference Dinner is tomorrow (Thursday 10th September) 🚨Deadline for Field Trips - Friday 18th September

There's still time to register for our Annual Conference, taking place in York from Friday 25th - Sunday 27th September 2026. We're looking forward to a long weekend focusing on Yorkshire Geology and Landscape in conjunction with Yorkshire Geological Society and Yorkshire Philosophical Society.

We currently have a vacancy for the voluntary role of Magazine Editor. The GA Magazine is a quarterly, full colour publication available free to all members, covering a range of reports, up-to-date news and comment. To enquire or apply email: president@geologistsassociation.org.uk

Welcome to September with a dramatic image from the 2026 Geologists' Association calendar of the view from the Jungfrau towards the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland taken by Graham Hickman.

There are just a few days left to submit up to 3 photos to our 2026 Geology Photographic Competition. 💰 Cash prizes! 📸Free to enter 📸 Open to GA members and non-members ⏰Deadline: Friday 28th August 2026 Full details on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...

A Lower Cretaceous oyster reef (Cinder Member, Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, southern England): biotic response to co-seismic sea-level rise? by Jonathan D. Radley & Robert A. Coram In Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 137, issue 4. Read online www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...

Calling all Key Stage 2 Science teachers! Our SchoolRocks! Year 3 'Rocks & Soils' & Year 6 'Evolution' specimen boxes for the autumn term are booking up fast. Order yours now by emailing schoolrocks@geologistsassociation.org.uk Full details on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/schoolrocks

Bartoncetus wanklyni, new genus of a small dorudontine whale from the Bartonian of England; a lost skull and a forgotten postcranial skeleton by Henk Jan van Vliet et al. In Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, volume 137, issue 4: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...

We are pleased to announce that Dr Lucia Pérez-Diaz will deliver one of the headline talks at the Festival of Geology this year: The Secret Ingredient for a Habitable Planet. Lucia will also be signing copies of her latest children's books: How the Oceans Work & How the Earth Works.

There's still time to submit up to 3 photos to our 2026 Geology Photographic Competition. 💰 Cash prizes! 🆓 Free to enter 📸 Open to members and non-members ⏰Deadline: Friday 28th August 2026 ℹ geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...

'James Hutton and the Restless Earth' is an interesting documentary by Karine Polwart, Dave Milligan & Pippa Murphy, which weaves together the thoughts of Angus Millar, Professor David Farrier & Ilana Halperin plus music specially created for the programme ⏰19.15 BST Sunday 9th August, BBC Radio 4

Miocene vertebrate footprints from the Eastern Paratethys deposits of the southern Caspian, Northern Iran by Nasrollah Abbassi et al. In the latest edition of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association (PGA), vol 137, issue 4 Read online via Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Welcome to August 2026 with a colourful picture of The Great Opencast, Parys Mountain, Anglesey taken by Lydia Wardley, which is one of the images in our 2025 Photographic Competition.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Phil Manning, Director of Science at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi and Chair of Natural History at The University of Manchester will deliver one of the headline talks at the Festival of Geology this year: Impossible Fossils.

The latest edition of Earth Heritage magazine is out now! Issue 65 is full of interesting and informative articles about geology and earth-science sites and initiatives across the UK Free online: www.earthheritage.org.uk/.../EH-65_fi... Buy a hard copy: geologistsassociation.org.uk/earthheritage/

Thank you to Paul Hildreth of Yorkshire Geological Society for leading our weekend field meeting to Flamborough Head and the Yorkshire Coast. We enjoyed many opportunities to examine the strata up close, including an in-situ Sternotaxis plana zonal marker fossil. Photo credit: Cathy Gallagher.

We currently have a vacancy for an Honorary General Secretary. If you think you have the experience and skills necessary to fulfil the role and would like to apply for this position, please contact the GA President: president@geologistsassociation.org.uk

Save the date! Join us and our colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social on Saturday 7th November 2026 from 10.30am - 4.30pm at Burlington House in London for our FREE Festival of Geology. Full details coming soon via our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/

Booking for the GA 2026 Conference in York is now open! 🗓️25 - 27 September 2026 📍York Join us for for the whole weekend or just one day - you choose. 🥳GA Student Members can attend the Saturday Conference for FREE! ℹ️ Full details on our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/conferences/

Our field excursion to the White Cliffs of Kingsgate, which sadly had to be cancelled on Saturday 6th June, has been rearranged and will take place on Saturday 17th October Cost: £5 GA Members / £15 non-members For full details see our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#kin...

Thank you to Dr Cathy Hollis for leading an informative field meeting to examine the Visean strata around the Great Orme headland. The group were treated to many examples of Late Carboniferous exposures, illustrating the growth and demise of the Mississippian carbonate platform.

Volume 25, number 2 (June 2026) of the Geologists' Association Magazine is out now! This issue includes articles on trips to Iceland and New Zealand, an update on the Mary Anning statue maquette road trip, 2026 GA Award winners and the 2025 Halstead Lecture to name but a few.

Welcome to July with a spectacular image of Serpentine boulders, Kynance Cove, Cornwall from the Geologists' Association 2026 calendar, which was taken by Jonathan Turner and won second prize in the GA 2025 Photographic Competition.

Thank you to Emma Nicholls & Duncan Murdock of @morethanadodo.bsky.social and Mark Stanway, Quarry Manager at Dewars Farm Quarry operated by Smiths Bletchington for hosting the Geologists' Association President's Day visit yesterday.

Join us online on Friday 3rd July 2026 at 19.00 BST for our next free talk - All fossils are rotten: the science of death, decay, and soft tissue preservation by Thomas Clements The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should call 020 7434 9298 or email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details

Congratulations to Dr Colin Prosser on being appointed MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list 2026 in recognition of his services to geoconservation at Natural England Colin is the GA Geoconservation Officer, is actively involved in the PGA publications committee and is also a former GA President