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Left: View from Seaford Head (East Sussex) towards Seven Sisters - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: A Pecten bivalve in situ within the West Melbury Marly Chalk at Beachy Head (East Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: Beachy Head (East Sussex) viewed from the foreshore towards the lighthouse - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: A Temnocidaris echinoid in situ within the Lewes Nodular Chalk at Seaford Head (East Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: Venericor bivalves exposed within the Early Formation at Bracklesham Bay (West Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: Sunrise across the beach at Bracklesham Bay (West Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: A Subdichotomoceras ammonite in situ within the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation near Kimmeridge (Dorset) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: A Aulacostephanus ammonite in situ within the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation near Kimmeridge (Dorset) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: Brandy Bay near Kimmeridge (Dorset) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: A pyritised Echioceras ammonite from the Stonebarrow Pyritic Member at Charmouth (Dorset) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: View at Lyme Regis (Dorset) towards Black Ven and Golden Cap - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: View from near the base of Golden Gap looking towards Seatown (Dorset) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

Left: A giant (4ft) Parapuzosia ammonite within the Newhaven Chalk Formation at Peacehaven (East Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024
Right: A selection of internal flint moulds of irregular echinoids from the beach at Peacehaven (East Sussex) - 1024 x 768, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 1024

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Left: A birthday party with a twist - fossil hunting at Peacehaven. Right: A family hold their prized ammonite at Beachy Head.

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