Bracklesham Bay fossils

A modest find of fossils from the eocene period, Bracklesham, West Sussex, April 2025
A modest find of fossils from the eocene period, Bracklesham, West Sussex, April 2025

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On a dropping tide

ancient relics left behind

below the strand line

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by Scooj

Reward

Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024
Eocene shark tooth fossil, Bracklesham Bay, March 2024

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Mindful wandering

eyes on the sand flats, reward

Eocene shark tooth

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by Scooj

Mindful hunting

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Anticipation

of tomorrows ebbing tide

and treasures revealed

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by Scooj

Early morning

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Chilly morning walk

father and son on the beach

looking for fossils

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by Scooj

Jurassic Coast

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Millions of years

in the making, ammonites

incredible Earth

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by Scooj

Filling in the gaps

 

Barely an inch long

fragments millions of years old

telling a story

 

by Scooj

 

I spent a couple of hours looking for fossils at Bracklesham Bay last weekend and it was really tough going. I was lucky though and found these two sawfish rostral teeth from the eocene period – (quite a long time ago).

Sawfish rostral teeth fossils, Bracklesham Bay, January 2020
Sawfish rostral teeth fossils, Bracklesham Bay, January 2020

Hunter

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In Bracklesham Bay

head down in observation

lucky fossil find

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by Scooj

Fossil

Hidden in the sand

an ancient artefact bides;

Eocene shark tooth.

 

by Scooj

Close up of a fossil shark tooth, Bracklesham Bay

 

Fossil hunting in Bracklesham Bay is a passion of mine.