Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wild-born kittens are doing well 🧡 The littluns stay with their mum for four to six months before dispersing to find territories of their own. Unlike their parents, kittens cannot be fitted with GPS-radio collars, so the team rely on trail cameras and public sightings to keep track of them 🐾 05110
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A wildcat’s stripes are unique, like fingerprints, even as kittens 🐾 Although a wildcat's markings change as it matures, key traits tend to remain consistent. This helps the team identify kittens, born to released wildcat females, that reappear on the trail cameras as dispersed juveniles 📸 0203
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fancy spending a day helping to refurbish wildcat enclosures at @highlandwpark.bsky.social? 🐾 Join the team for this rare opportunity to support wildcat restoration in the @cairngormsnews.bsky.social. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/enclosure-vo... 🔨🔧 0173
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Celebrating Scotland's iconic wildlife 🎉 On 24 September, Scottish Wildlife Trust Callander is screening @scotlandtbp.bsky.social's 'Clinging by a Claw' in Bridgend, with profits directly supporting wildcat recovery in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving-wildcats/clinging-by-a-claw 🍿 0192
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The team have been incredibly grateful to residents within the Cairngorms National Park for sharing photos of wild-born litters 😻 Their amazing sightings are supporting wildcat conservation in their local area. Seen a wildcat? Visit ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/haveyouseenawildcat 📸 Penny Godlington 0241
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Skye, tell us you’ve got two boys without telling us you’ve got two boys… 😹 Doting mum Skye is raising two healthy, boisterous wildcat kittens this summer. Be part of their journey and support mum as she prepares them for a life in the wild 🌄 Sponsor Skye ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 0223
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Monday Mood 😾 (…and wildcats don’t even know what a Monday morning is) 03310
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Last month, 5-year-old Leo ran Paisley's 3K Fun Run to support the recovery of Scotland's wildcats, raising a whopping £100 💫 The team want to thank Leo for his incredible contribution to Scotland's wildcats 🎉 Become a conservation hero like Leo ➡️ justgiving.com/campaign/ScottishWildcats 1111
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 01/09/2026'Mon ye witty bunch - caption this 😹 #CaptionThis #Wildcat #Badger #ScottishWildlife #FunnyAnimals 1132
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/08/20261/4 Wildcat recovery in Scotland would not be possible without the support and contributions of the UK conservation breeding programme ✨ As hybridisation (interbreeding with domestic cats) began escalating in the 1970s, wildcats in captivity were protected from the threats facing those in the wild. 2235
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Part of the bigger picture 📸 Wildcats are just one of thousands of Scottish species that play a key role in a healthy, functioning ecosystem. ✨ Which critter's cameo is your favourite? Support wildcat recovery and tag more images like this on @mammalweb.bsky.social ➡️bit.ly/mammalwebwildcats 🐾 1173
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 25/08/20261/2 A little lesson in camouflage… 🫥 A wildcat’s brown fur and dark stripes make spotting them in thick vegetation very tricky. Their ability to ‘disappear’ is helpful when they’re hunting and can protect kittens from potential predation 🐾 But this only works if they stay still! 1251
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Don't wait for wildcat news to creep up on you... 👀 Be among the first to enjoy wildcat anecdotes, exciting project updates, conservation career opportunities, and groundbreaking research. Sign up to get your wildcat newsletter delivered straight to your inbox ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/join-us 📬 0152
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 13/08/20261/2 Wildcats arrive on the Isle of Mull (sort of) 👀 Join Saving Wildcats' field operations manager, Louise Hughes, and enjoy the heartwarming film 'Clinging by a Claw' at the An Tobar and Mull Theatre in Tobermory. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session. 📅 Thursday 20 August | 7:30pm 1172
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 12/08/20261/2 Managing wildcats for release into the wild 🐾 In the latest addition of the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, a paper has been published detailing this project’s management strategy for wildcats in the conservation breeding for release centre (CBRC), including the critical release critera 💡 1162
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/08/2026🎉A WORLD FIRST: WILDCAT BIRTH RECORDED ON CAMERA❗️ Proud mum, Skye, welcomed two healthy kittens earlier this summer. Her incredible birth was captured by the nestbox cameras in the conservation breeding for release centre, at @highlandwpark.bsky.social ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/kittensoncamera26 🧡 1295
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Wildcats are returning to Scotland thanks to YOUR support 🏴 That’s kinda chic. Find out how you can get more involved with their recovery ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/support 🧡 0162
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The baby boom continues ‼️ At least six litters, born to released wildcat females, have been confirmed in the Cairngorms National Park 😻 While four of the mothers have raised litters in previous years, two of the females were released last year and are first-time mums 🐾 2356
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The world needs more of whatever this is 💯 #cuddlepuddle 2389
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 04/08/2026📣 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ‼️ Support the animal team and the wildcats in the conservation breeding for release centre, based at @highlandwpark.bsky.social. You'll be: ✅ Classifying CCTV footage ✅ Monitoring wildcat behaviour ✅ Preparing wildcat food and enclosure maintenance APPLY NOW ⬇️ 1112
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026To the dedicated firefighters, landowners, our project partners, land managers, gamekeepers, farmers and the wonderful local community, Saving Wildcats wants to say a huge THANK YOU for your tremendous hard work tackling the wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park 🧡 📷 James Shooter 1182
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Betty’s bench 🧡 A memorial bench, beautifully carved by Sam Bowsher, has been unveiled at Highland Wildlife Park’s Conservation Den to honour Betty Heath’s legacy to Saving Wildcats. 1171
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Oscar is focused… …on saving wildcats in Scotland 🏴 Oscar is raising kittens that could be released into the wild. His offspring are already roaming the Cairngorms, bringing their species back from the brink of extinction 🌄 Sponsor Oscar and save his species ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 0190
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Fancy a wild chat with the team? 🗣 This summer, join us at one of the following Highland events: Wed 29 Jul - Highland Folk Museum Sat 1 Aug - Newtonmore Highland Games Wed 5 Aug - Highland Folk Museum Fri 7 - Moy Country Fair Thu 13 Aug - Grantown Show 📸 Midas Media 050
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Little mews and the pitter-patter of tiny paws are bringing new life into the conservation breeding for release centre, based at Highland Wildlife Park 🐾 Three healthy kittens have been born to experienced mum, Morag, and dad, Fergus. 2304
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 22/07/2026It was stoatily amazing to see this not-so-wee family of eight flash before one of the trail cameras 📸 Wildcats share their home with a vast array of other species, many of which are captured across thousands of images collected during annual surveys. Help the team tag wildlife in the photos ⬇️ 113646
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Ghost cats 👻 Wildcats are very well camouflaged, and these elusive felines move seamlessly between a mosaic of habitats, including grassland, scrub, and mixed woodland. They can virtually disappear along habitat edges, which is where they do most of their hunting 🐾 0130
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Get the kits out of the house this summer 👩👧👦 Visit the on-show wildcats at @highlandwpark.bsky.social, and explore the Conservation Den, which offers a panoramic view out to the project's dedicated conservation breeding for release centre. Plan your day ➡️ www.highlandwildlifepark.org.uk 🎫 📸 RZSS 1172
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Saving Wildcats supports mandatory microchipping 🐾 The Royal Zoological Society, lead partner of Saving Wildcats, has joined Cats Protection and other animal charities to push for compulsory microchipping of pet domestic cats ➡️ www.cats.org.uk/mediacentre/... 1183
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Not signed up to the project’s newsletter yet? Well, you definitely won’t want to miss the next issue… (it’s due out soon) 😼 Be among the first to read exciting updates directly from the conservation breeding for release centre. Sign up today ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/join-us 🧡 0163
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 08/07/2026In touch with their European roots 🇪🇺 Margaret and Oscar were greeting one another with a kiss on each cheek during the breeding season. Be part of their journey as they hope to welcome kittens this summer ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 0182
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/07/20261/5 What’s the difference between a feral, stray, and pet cat? 🐈⬛ While all three are domestic cats (Felis catus), each is managed differently when protecting wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Scotland: 1132
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Two wildcats have been recorded in the Czech Republic’s Lusatian Mountains - the first found in the region in nearly a century 🐾 This exciting development prompted @mongabay.com to speak to Saving Wildcats’ conservation manager, David Barclay, about wildcat recovery 🗺 Read the insightful article ⬇️ 27423
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 02/07/20261/2 There's a wildcat in Glenmore 👀 But this one is a little bigger than what you might expect! A mural has been painted on the Glenmore Visitor Centre & Cafe to celebrate the abundant biodiversity of the Cairngorms National Park, including the first recovering population of wildcats in Britain 🖼️ 1212
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🥈 BIAZA Veterinary Award 2026 Saving Wildcats, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, is grateful to have a dedicated veterinary team. BIAZA acknowledged the team’s outstanding work in informing wildcat recovery strategies with thorough disease risk assessment 💉 📸 Rewilding Europe 0121
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Together, we're saving wildcats 🧡 The team are delighted to have MSP Alex Kerr as the #NatureChampion for Scotland's wildcats. Find out more about @naturechampions.bsky.social ➡️ www.scotlink.org/species/wild... 091
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Lean into the obsession 😻 If you’re (hopefully) as wildcat-obsessed as the team is, then perhaps you fancy treating yourself to a wildcat-themed gift? Who can really call themselves “a cat person” without a wildcat teddy or feline-fabulous earrings? Shop now ➡️ shop.rzss.org.uk/search?q=wildcat 🛍 0143
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Fancy a cat fact? 😻 European wildcats (Felis silvestris) have a larger, more robust, and longer skull with a greater cranial capacity compared to a domestic cat (Felis catus). A broader, flatter forehead is often noticeable when visually comparing the two species 🐾 📸 Matty Gair 0203
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Dhoon holds the title of the heaviest released wildcat the team have trapped to date, weighing a healthy 5.9kg! He has been recorded feasting on deer carrion through the winter months. Male wildcats are typically heavier than females, and often at their heaviest ahead of the breeding season 🧡 1183
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Restoring wildcats for generations to come 👨👩👧👦 The team had a wonderful time at Boat of Garten Community Hall's Family Fun Day over the weekend. It was a pleasure to catch up with members of the community and update them on the wildcats in their area 🏡 Upcoming events ➡️ bit.ly/SW-events-da... 090
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 18/06/2026pspspsps 🖐 Cute? Yes. Touch? No 🚫 If you’re lucky enough to spot a potential wildcat kitten in the Cairngorms National Park, please give them space. Mothers may leave their kittens for a period of time to hunt for food. Find out what to do next ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/haveyouseenawildcat 0256
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 17/06/2026What's more Scottish than a wildcat in Scotland? 🏴 A feisty, red-headed wildcat in Scotland ❤️🔥 Sponsor Margaret to receive exclusive updates about this fiery feline and her family ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 0888
Reposted by Saving WildcatsRSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Good news for Capercaillie! 170 male Capercaillie were recorded at breeding lek sites in the Cairngorms National Park this year, rising from 131 in 2025. At RSPB Abernethy, 35 lekking males were recorded, up from 30. @cairngormsnews.bsky.social 27617
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Recollaring success 🎉 Earlier this year, the team successfully recollared seven of the released wildcats for further monitoring. These key individuals can offer greater insight into wildcat ecology. Interestingly, two of them re-entered the traps for the third year running 🧡 0203
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 12/06/2026⚽️ Let's hope Scotland play more confidently than this Scottish wildcat at the weekend! 'Mon the boys 🏴 #WeAre26 #FWC26 #FIFAWorldCup 1190
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/06/2026📣Job alert ‼️ Join the team as a full-time wildcat keeper - your responsibilities will include: 🔸 Delivering the highest standard of animal husbandry 🔸 Behavioural monitoring 🔸 Contributing to enclosure design, maintenance, and enrichment Interested? Apply NOW ➡️ bit.ly/wildcat-keep... 11812
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Oscar plans to spend his Father's Day relaxing in a quiet, shady spot 💤 Make your dad's Day even more special this year by giving him the gift of wildcat sponsorship. Order before 14 June to ensure your loved one receives his bespoke sponsor pack ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 🧡 0134
Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Kittens born in the wild 🧡 For a third year in a row, wildcat kittens have been born in the wild to released females 🐾 Find out more about what this means for Scotland's wildcats ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/thirdyearwildbirths 0428