Ed Lines: Fossil Hunting with the family

Reculver is easy to find. Google maps is fairly standard these days so try CT6 6SS. Parking is plentiful though you do have to pay, so take some change. 

From the car park walk toward the cliff away from the towers. There is a slipway down onto the beach. Please check tide times here.

Below the cliffs, in the fine shingle (which looks a lot like pea gravel) the eagle-eyed can pull out 55 million-year-old sharks’ teeth.

It takes some persistence, but you need to be on the lookout for anything dark black. This photo shows our most recent haul and there are some real beauties to be had.

Please do not dig in the cliffs for fossils: they are safe as they stand, but the sands can collapse without warning The fossils are continually being washed out of the rock beds, so you will find some.

Afterwards, a continued walk along the beach will eventually lead to a return journey along the top of the cliff. Some outstanding views can be had so do take some binoculars.