BCC EP:115 The leopard trail to Skye

Our first guest Graham recounts a close encounter with a large
black cat on the Isle of Skye during one of his fishing trips. We
discuss how a cat like a black leopard could have arrived on Skye
and how well such a cat could go unnoticed in the island’s wild
terrain.  


For our second guest we catch up with Scotland research
coordinator Paul Macdonald. Amongst recent highlights he
describes two clips of footage shown to him at a recent rural
show stand, and a report of a roadside puma carcass being
recovered by a military crew.   


Thanks to Scottish folk singer Shona Donaldson for Beast o’the
Bin.


Word of the week:   Fieldwork


12 September 2024