A new sculpture has been unveiled to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday at a site the naturalist explored as a schoolboy.
Introducing his 2010 series First Life, Attenborough – who marked his milestone birthday with a special concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday – spoke of his love for the ancient rocky landscape of Beacon Hill.
On Friday, a wood carving of the fossil Auroralumina attenboroughii was unveiled at the country park, near Loughborough in Leicestershire.
Visitors can now learn more about the fossil, which was discovered in Charnwood Forest’s 600-million-year-old rocks and named in Attenborough’s honour.