Pictured left is another piece of fossil Turtle plastron found at the Naze this example was found by Charlie Mariner aged 11 from Chelmsford.

The shell dates to the Eocene London clay and is between 53 -  55 million years old. It is probably from either Puppigerris or
Neurochelys the two commonest species found here at Walton.

Shown right is one of the best examples of the Keyhole Limpet,  Diodora  we have seen this year. It is about 2.6 Million years old and comes from the late Pliocene early Pliestocene Waltonian Red Crag. The shell was found by 12 year old Bryony Waters from Canvey. A closely related species can occasionally be found still living off the coast today.

Pictured left is a really good example of the scallop shell Aquipecten opercularis, this species is still found living off the Naze today but the example shown is 2.6 million years old and comes from the late
Pliocene early Pliestocene Waltonian Red Crag. It is very rare to find one of these on the beach in near perfect condition, the shell was found by 7 year old Emily Ainger of Lawford while on the beach fossil
Hunting, well done Emily.

Shown here are two pictures of the scarce Waltonian Red Crag
gastropod Scaphella lambertii, this shell although not complete gives you a good idea of what it looks like, if it had of been complete it would have easily been 10 cm long, the shell is of a species rarely found complete at the Naze, the same Genus is still found in the
Atlantic today, this particular specimen is at least 2.6 million years old and is found throughout the Red Crag. The shell was found by 9 year old Ollie Goodfellow from Southend-on-Sea who was at the Naze
fossiling with his Dad. Please remember the shell was found on the beach not on the cliff the cliffs are extremely dangerous and it is illegal to actually dig in the cliff face itself.

Over the last month or so it has come to our notice that more and more dog owners are cleaning up after their dogs then either  leaving the bags on the ground or throwing them into the bushes like some
bizarre Christmas decorations, We realise not all dog owners are the same but come on whoever we talk to says no its not us well someone is responsible and if we see then we will report them to the
council.

The Naze is a Public Open Space not an area for dogs to go to the toilet in it is not the exclusive realm of  Dog walkers we have allsorts up there from mothers with small children to  groups of walkers out for a days walking , so come on please clean up your act, the Naze is a beautiful and magical place lets keep it that way.

I would also like to say to those of you who walk your dogs off the lead please keep an eye on them as they can be a problem if left to their own devices, not only are they a nuisance to other people using the Naze but they are causing a problem by being allowed to foul wherever they want whenever they want. An example of this is where we have the Nazeman Stall nearly every morning we are up there we have to clean up the area before we can set up this is our work place so please be more considerate to others.

If anybody spots any form of littering or dog fouling going on when you get home please go to this website  http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Environment/ and follow the directions so it will be reported, if possible get evidence, a photograph or the number of a vehicle if at all possible then
together hopefully we will make a difference

If you have an opinion about this or anything to do with the Naze please either email to info@nazeman.fsnet.co.uk
or write to us at.
Nazeman Education Trust,

29 Naze Park Road,
Walton-on-the-Naze,
Essex.

CO14 8JN

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