Daily Archives: 29th December 2009

jurassiccoast.com remains a hit

The official Jurassic Coast website remained a firm favorite with its global audience during 2009 – clocking up an astonishing 11.3 million hits. Just to track the statistics since going live, in 2007 a total 385,277 visits (daily average 1055) increased to 416,644 visits in 2008 (daily average (1141). 2009 has now exceeded both these…

Here Be Monsters! Pliosaur Skull Found in Weymouth Bay

During Autumn 2009 the eyes of the world turned towards the Jurassic Coast when the discovery of a fossilised pliosaur skull, a massive marine reptile was announced. The story was covered by British television, radio and newspapers and also generated a huge amount of interest all over the globe from Brazil to Hungary, from Canada…