Lügensteine! What an excellent word.

#FossilFriday When visiting this ice-cream parlour in Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (Charente, France) be sure to look at the building stones which are full of Cretaceous (Campanian) fossils, including diverse bryozoans.

Falls du heute in Berlin dabei sein wirst, wünsche ich dir viel Spaß! Wir fiebern aus London mit.

The Ray Society is now on Bluesky! Most recent publication ‘Biology, evolution and genetic review of the chemosymbiotic Bivalve Family Lucinidae’ by John Taylor and Emily Glover RRP £98 from the Ray Society and NHBS websites.

Ah, that’s interesting. Thank you for explaining it! Much appreciated!

Could it be that Thames barrier closed but Barking barrier didn’t this afternoon. Tide is excessively high on the Roding.