Whitehaven is the location that we have been looking forward to all week. Rich in plant remains the carboniferous beds exposed in cliff sections and on the foreshore yielded some superb plant specimens, many of an outstanding preservation and some in life positions. In total we collected 40 specimens, but there are many more species to be collected here. The GA book also covers this area but does not mention about the good beds exposed on the foreshore. The cliff section which has been protected by sea wall and a railway for many years is mostly overgrown with exposures totally covered up, however there is still a good accessible section where approximately 10m of fossilferious beds are exposed. Beds are also often exposed on the foreshore. The beds at Whitehaven are of the Westphalian C age.

It was planned to also visit the Permian beds at Bee's Head in which a range of brachiopods can be collected, but due to time constraints of the bus network, this was not possible.

Collecting from Carboniferous Siltstones

Fossil Plant remains are also found on the foreshore