(Scouring conditons along Easton Wood Foreshore) -2006

The vast majority of the bones found at Easton Wood cliff are below beach level, a deep scour is required to expose the appropriate beds. The last scour was in 2006 which went down to the last Crag Sands. The right conditions are required for the beach to scour. During 1983 the beach scoured down to the Norwich Crag Basement Bed, hundreds of bones were exposed along the foreshore, sadly with a race against the tide (just a few hours) it was impossible to collect anywhere near the number exposed, the following tide completly covered the beach up. Reports came in of local collectors carrying buckets full and some with wheel barrows.

Bones can be found from in channels or partially shown sticking out of the sand. After storms, bones can also be washed up and normally drift to Easton Broad, or covehithe cliff, or become lodged between the old army blocks.

(Covehithe - Norwich Crag Sands and Shell Beds) - 2003

At Covehithe, a total of six shell beds, four bands of crag sands and finally the basement bed make up the Norwich Crag. Bird remains and smaller mammals can be found in some of the shell and crag beds. (See Geology Guide for bed reference). There is a wide variety of shells that can be collected from Easton Woods, these can be quite fragile so care must be taken and preservation as soon as possible.

(Collecting samples for sieving) - 2006

The shell beds below beach level are extremly rich in small mammal remains, to collect these it is best to dig into the channels on extreme low spring and autumn tides, wet sieve and then search through the rich shell beds at home.