A morning walk along the beach at Old Hunstanton. A nice tideline and plenty of birdlife, notably lots of Sanderling running, in their characteristic manner, along the edge of the waves. Some spectacular cliffs too, where the Late Cretaceous chalk overlies the Early Cretacious sandstone.
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| Looking back towards Old Hunstanton. |
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| Tidelines.... |
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| Knot. |
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| The Ferriby Chalk (Upper Cretacious) overlying the Sandstone from the Hunstanton Formation (Early Cretacious). |
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| Fossil crustacean burrow...a trace fossil. |
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| ..and cross sections through the burrows. |
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| Colours and textures ...with fossil sponges in the central picture. |
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| ..and back through the sand dunes and beach huts. |
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