Merlin’s Jurassic Fishing Trip

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Some of you may already have heard about the remarkable geological site at Court Farm, Kings Stanley, in Gloucestershire. In 2022, an excavation at the site uncovered an extraordinary collection of fossil fish preserved within a layer of limestone nodules in Lower Jurassic rocks. This year, a second excavation returned to the same location and uncovered even more significant fossils from the same fossil-rich layer. A wide range of geologists and palaeontologists have been involved in assessing the material recovered at the site, including Merlin's stratigrapher Phil Copestake. To find out more about these impressive fossils and learn about Phil's involvement, continue reading.

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Happy EO day 2026!

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Today, the 19th June, is EO day, celebrating everything employee owned. This year's  theme is ‘Owning It’, and here at Merlin, we have always been proud of our Employee Owned status.

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Residual gravity anomalies across England from a 3D gravity-stripping model: preliminary evidence for Paleozoic basins and crustal structure

John Donato (a founding member of Merlin) continues to enjoy an active retirement through his work with the UKOGL/Beneath Britain Group.  In collaboration with Chris Pullan and Malcolm Butler, he has recently published a new gravity interpretation of the deep geology of England. Continue reading this short newsletter which gives a taster of John's new paper, and, if you want more, you can read it in full on the UKOGL website (link in the article).

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GeoFest 2026

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The Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark (AMHG) covers the five counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and boasts a wide variety of interesting landscapes, geology, history and wildlife. It has…

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Challenges in Handling Geological and Geophysical Uncertainties: Pitfalls and Solutions

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Understanding and quantifying uncertainty remains a persistent challenge to making effective geoscience decisions. This article explores some of the challenges and the practical solutions that can be put in place to improve subsurface predictions by incorporating uncertainty analysis.

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The Value of Specialist Technical Input and the Power of Clinic Style Support

As all geoscience projects depend on robust scientific judgement, access to specialist geoscience expertise becomes not just helpful but essential. Our latest article highlights the value of specialist technical inputs to projects and the power of holding regular clinic-style support sessions.

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