DINOSAUR discoveries unearthed north of the border in recent years are the subject of a talk next week.

Expert Neil Clark will discuss the series of Scottish finds, including a major discovery of a sauropod, nicknamed Dougie, at Durham's DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery.

Mr Clark, the curator of palaeontology at Glasgow's Hunterian Museum, will give a talk on Saturday, August 30.

It will be held in conjunction with the Jurassic exhibition, the biggest display of dinosaur remains staged in Durham, which is now on show at the DLI Museum.

Dougie was unearthed in 1994 on Skye, in the Inner Hebrides, which has become known as Scotland's Dinosaur Isle because of the number of discoveries over the past decade.

On average, there has been at least one dinosaur discovery a year, and nearly all the finds are of different species.

One of the latest, last year, was of footprints on the foreshore near Staffin, measuring more than 53cm.

Mr Clark will recount the finds on Skye, as well as giving new information on the ancestors of dinosaurs.

The talk, which starts at 2pm and lasts 45 minutes, is aimed at anyone interested in dinosaurs, including older children, and will be followed by a chance to talk to Mr Clark.

Tickets cost £3.50, £2.50 for concessions, and £1.50 for season ticket holders.