of the world s largest collections of prehistoric animal tracks, and show how the area was once home to animals like red deer, wild boars and wolves, as our science correspondent victoria gill reports. these sandy shores are constantly shifting. and as the sea and wind reshape this coastline, they re revealing evidence of who and what lived here thousands of years ago. this bed ranges from round about 8,500 years old to about 8,200 years old. so what are we looking at here? ok, so here we re looking at a whole range of red deer hoof prints, and you can see here the heel shape as well. yeah, ok! so it s like a real mould, you can see the heel and the toes. yes, you can see every feature. it s the human footprint. wow! the red deer footprints are slightly younger because this footprint is probably on at least one, if not two layers lower than the red deer footprint.
beach are exquisite. one of the beauties of the site is the preservation of the animal and human footprints is excellent. my colleague doctor alison burns has done most of the research, she is on holiday and cannot be here, it s a remarkable site. so holiday and cannot be here, it s a remarkable site. holiday and cannot be here, it s a remarkable site. so how important is this? it is unusual remarkable site. so how important is this? it is unusual because remarkable site. so how important is this? it is unusual because most - this? it is unusual because most footrint this? it is unusual because most footprint beds this? it is unusual because most footprint beds span this? it is unusual because most footprint beds span one - this? it is unusual because most footprint beds span one period l this? it is unusual because most| footprint beds span one period of time that this spans 8000 years, so it tracks from just off the ice age to even a thousand years ago. the oldest beds are mu