Wildcat in the Garden!

A "not so wild" Wildcat photographed in Glenfeshie.

Sightings of Wildcat up are are few and far between, my only glimpses of good looking candidates on roads at night and with most villages having their fair share of Tabbies it's tricky. Last Saturday afternoon however , just before dusk I was watching few Chaffinches feeding on seed I had put out on the ground through the window when a largish "tabby cat" appeared stalking them at the edge of the garden. Unusual I thought, as I live on an area of farmland outside the village and have never seen a tabby down here, just the  black and white farm cat which visits now and then. We have two pretty lively dogs too, which keep the garden pretty much feline free.

I spent some time a few years ago watching a known "tame" Wildcat which had been released, taking photos and becoming familiar with it's quite distinctive jizz and I soon became pretty convinced that the cat I was watching was almost certainly a pretty good canditate. Also once it caught sight of me it fled like crazy aross the fields. So definitely NOT tame. Pretty sure that it was as good a Wildcat as you are likely to see around Strathspey, and probably the best view I'm likely to ever get too.

10:23 PM - 2 March 2007 - post comment