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Where to look for Fossils at Overstrand?

It is much safer and easier to collect from the Red Rock from the beach
(Chalk on the foreshore- 2002)

You need to visit this location on a falling tide, and be around until the turn of the tide. The best chalk is exposed when the tide is at is lowest so try and also visit during times where water height will be the lowest, during high pressure (which decreases water height) and during a South West wind (also decreases water height). Scouring conditions such as those often seen around the Spring months and October time are the best time to collect.

You need to search the chalk on the foreshore, but also where pebbles accumulate. In these areas, loose echinoid's are common and bones from the Wroxham Crag and Forest Bed can also be found. Bones are also often found around the end of the sea groynes where the bones have been washed down and accumulate in this area.


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