Saving Wildcats
@saveourwildcats.bsky.social
Wildcat conservation and recovery in Scotland 🐾
Working with communities to bring the Highland tiger back from the brink of extinction 🧡
Working with communities to bring the Highland tiger back from the brink of extinction 🧡
If we don't act now, wildcats will disappear from Scotland's landscapes entirely.
Together, we can save them 🧡 Thanks to you, we’re already at 69% of the target!
Donate today and @biggive.bsky.social will match your gift as part of the #ChristmasChallenge ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Together, we can save them 🧡 Thanks to you, we’re already at 69% of the target!
Donate today and @biggive.bsky.social will match your gift as part of the #ChristmasChallenge ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If we don't act now, wildcats will disappear from Scotland's landscapes entirely.
Together, we can save them 🧡 Thanks to you, we’re already at 69% of the target!
Donate today and @biggive.bsky.social will match your gift as part of the #ChristmasChallenge ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Together, we can save them 🧡 Thanks to you, we’re already at 69% of the target!
Donate today and @biggive.bsky.social will match your gift as part of the #ChristmasChallenge ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Scotland. This Christmas, your support could help save our Highland Tiger 🧡
Donate today via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to restore this elusive species to Scotland’s landscapes for generations to come ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Donate today via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to restore this elusive species to Scotland’s landscapes for generations to come ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Scotland. This Christmas, your support could help save our Highland Tiger 🧡
Donate today via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to restore this elusive species to Scotland’s landscapes for generations to come ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Donate today via the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to restore this elusive species to Scotland’s landscapes for generations to come ➡ bit.ly/SavingWildcats2025BigGive
Evidence suggests wildcats hybridising with domestic cats is a symptom of population decline in Scotland 📉
Despite pet cats arriving prior to 350 BCE, interbreeding only began 70 years ago. Centuries of persecution and habitat loss left so few wildcats, they had to mix 🐈
Despite pet cats arriving prior to 350 BCE, interbreeding only began 70 years ago. Centuries of persecution and habitat loss left so few wildcats, they had to mix 🐈
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Evidence suggests wildcats hybridising with domestic cats is a symptom of population decline in Scotland 📉
Despite pet cats arriving prior to 350 BCE, interbreeding only began 70 years ago. Centuries of persecution and habitat loss left so few wildcats, they had to mix 🐈
Despite pet cats arriving prior to 350 BCE, interbreeding only began 70 years ago. Centuries of persecution and habitat loss left so few wildcats, they had to mix 🐈
Haring around 🐇
Data from the GPS-radio collars has highlighted that wildcats released this year are caching and feeding on hare carrion.
GPS points clustering on a carcass gives the team the unique ability to locate the site, and record behaviour by installing trail cameras 📸
Data from the GPS-radio collars has highlighted that wildcats released this year are caching and feeding on hare carrion.
GPS points clustering on a carcass gives the team the unique ability to locate the site, and record behaviour by installing trail cameras 📸
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Haring around 🐇
Data from the GPS-radio collars has highlighted that wildcats released this year are caching and feeding on hare carrion.
GPS points clustering on a carcass gives the team the unique ability to locate the site, and record behaviour by installing trail cameras 📸
Data from the GPS-radio collars has highlighted that wildcats released this year are caching and feeding on hare carrion.
GPS points clustering on a carcass gives the team the unique ability to locate the site, and record behaviour by installing trail cameras 📸
Protecting our Planet 🌍
We're joining international experts - working to protect our planet from both Earth and space - to POP into your classroom 💫
Come with us to virtually track wildcats and be part of STEM Learning UK's inspiring live-streamed event on 27 November ⬇️
We're joining international experts - working to protect our planet from both Earth and space - to POP into your classroom 💫
Come with us to virtually track wildcats and be part of STEM Learning UK's inspiring live-streamed event on 27 November ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Protecting our Planet 🌍
We're joining international experts - working to protect our planet from both Earth and space - to POP into your classroom 💫
Come with us to virtually track wildcats and be part of STEM Learning UK's inspiring live-streamed event on 27 November ⬇️
We're joining international experts - working to protect our planet from both Earth and space - to POP into your classroom 💫
Come with us to virtually track wildcats and be part of STEM Learning UK's inspiring live-streamed event on 27 November ⬇️
"At the heart of our club's crest" ⛳️
We are incredibly grateful to Royal Dornoch Golf Club, whose club crest is a wildcat, for their ongoing support for wildcat restoration in Scotland.
In recognition of their generosity, one of the kittens born this year has been named Dornoch ⬇️
We are incredibly grateful to Royal Dornoch Golf Club, whose club crest is a wildcat, for their ongoing support for wildcat restoration in Scotland.
In recognition of their generosity, one of the kittens born this year has been named Dornoch ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"At the heart of our club's crest" ⛳️
We are incredibly grateful to Royal Dornoch Golf Club, whose club crest is a wildcat, for their ongoing support for wildcat restoration in Scotland.
In recognition of their generosity, one of the kittens born this year has been named Dornoch ⬇️
We are incredibly grateful to Royal Dornoch Golf Club, whose club crest is a wildcat, for their ongoing support for wildcat restoration in Scotland.
In recognition of their generosity, one of the kittens born this year has been named Dornoch ⬇️
Psst...! 👀
If you missed the Clinging by a Claw premieres, now is your chance to see the inspiring feature-long documentary, produced by @scotlandtbp.bsky.social 📽️
For a list of events, including dates at The Screen Machine within the project area this month ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/film 🧡
If you missed the Clinging by a Claw premieres, now is your chance to see the inspiring feature-long documentary, produced by @scotlandtbp.bsky.social 📽️
For a list of events, including dates at The Screen Machine within the project area this month ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/film 🧡
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Psst...! 👀
If you missed the Clinging by a Claw premieres, now is your chance to see the inspiring feature-long documentary, produced by @scotlandtbp.bsky.social 📽️
For a list of events, including dates at The Screen Machine within the project area this month ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/film 🧡
If you missed the Clinging by a Claw premieres, now is your chance to see the inspiring feature-long documentary, produced by @scotlandtbp.bsky.social 📽️
For a list of events, including dates at The Screen Machine within the project area this month ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/film 🧡
Stop scrolling and settle here with Skye 🌤️
Last year, she was nursing her kittens in the conservation breeding for release centre. Now, they're roaming wild in the Cairngorms National Park.
Be part of her journey and help save her species in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 🧡
Last year, she was nursing her kittens in the conservation breeding for release centre. Now, they're roaming wild in the Cairngorms National Park.
Be part of her journey and help save her species in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 🧡
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Stop scrolling and settle here with Skye 🌤️
Last year, she was nursing her kittens in the conservation breeding for release centre. Now, they're roaming wild in the Cairngorms National Park.
Be part of her journey and help save her species in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 🧡
Last year, she was nursing her kittens in the conservation breeding for release centre. Now, they're roaming wild in the Cairngorms National Park.
Be part of her journey and help save her species in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor 🧡