Report by Chris Cole

Weather conditions were clear sky with a cold (2c) northerly wind. The tide was still going out as the sun was setting. Atmospheric pressure was 1027 and steady.

Notably, quite a bit of the sand exposed was rippled. This is normally not a good indication for finding loose specimens on the surface of the sand. I suspect this rippling effect on the sand has been caused by the northerly wind. This was a reasonable spring tide, the area east of the car park, in front of the flats and at the extremity of the tide is looking promising although there was not as much debris as there was at the weekend.

The amount of debris, the ripply sand and the failing light did result in a significant drop in the number of teeth found. (Just 5). Despite the conditions, I did stumble on a 55mm lower anterior Striatolamia macrota. This is probably the biggest tooth I have found this year, so it was worth the visit.

A small part of E3 to the west of the long groyne is showing.

Lower anterior Striatolamia Macrota found at Bracklesham 12^th November 2007.
Two of the other 4 teeth were found in the small E3 exposure.

Weather conditions were light cloud with deteriorating light and a moderate westerly wind. Atmospheric pressure was 1032 and steady.

This was a reasonable spring tide, the area east of the car park, in front of the flats and at the extremity of the tide is looking promising. The light wave motion is still helping to wash out quite a few fossil specimens. The photograph below shows approximately 40 specimens. I did not photograph about another 20 damaged teeth.

A small part of E3 to the west of the long groyne is showing.

A mixture of fossil specimens found at Bracklesham 10^th November 2007.

For your information, the large blade in the last but one row is actually brown in colour which is more typical of teeth found at Selsey. The specimen next to the blade (right) is a fragment of Cylindracanthus Rectus rostrum and to the right of the rostrum is a tail spine fragment of a myliobatiform ray.