Big Cat Conversations
Big Cat Conversations
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BCC EP:116 The clawed carcass - grappling with the evidence?
Craig our guest returns after episode 72 when he re-lived his Exmoor big cat encounters in the 1980s.
Now based in Herefordshire, Craig explains the big cat reports and potential activity occurring in his own village, right where he walks his dogs. He has been followed by an animal with large piercing eyeshine which alarmed his dogs, and he has recently found two fresh deer carcasses, one freshly devoured, and the other was still warm, had a severed windpipe, and showed claw marks raked down the muzzle and throat.
Craig also had a close view of a puma crossing his path in the Black Mountains, near Hay on Wye, in 2023. His photos and videos of these incidents, showing his immediate reaction...
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BCC EP:115 The leopard trail to Skye
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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 cl...
BCC EP:114 Wye Valley pumas - the rescued & the wild
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In this Summer edition we discuss pumas encountered in the wild on the England & Wales border in the Wye Valley, but we also visit a special sanctuary for re-homed exotic pets, also in the Wye Valley area. Our first guest Grant, explains how he and friends were advanced on by a puma when they were out lamping foxes one night. Grant describes the intense eye shine and what happened as the cat go...
BCC EP:113 Daybreak with the Cheshire leopards
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Steve our guest trains his working gun dog, a springer spaniel every morning at dawn. We hear of four occasions when he’s encountered a large black cat in his local Cheshire countryside. For one of the sightings the animal had a pronounced limp. On the BCC website (Refs & Links, Ep 113) Steve compares his sighting to the footage of a limping large black cat filmed in Scotland last year. Steve a...
BCC EP:112 The policeman, the prints & the calling leopard
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Our first guest Richard recounts a sudden episode of big cat reports from his time as a local police officer in Wiltshire. One of the cases involved a threatened domestic cat. In the second part we catch up with tracker and wildlife guide Mark Graves who was first on ep 95. He explains why some photographed footprints and plaster casts are evidence for big cats in Scotland and in Dorset, and he...
BCC EP:111 Cat at the campsite, panther at the portaloo
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We hear from Andy and from Gail, the different witnesses mentioned by Nick on his farm in episode 109. Andy and Gail speak about their own various big cat incidents during their farm visits, and they have each had one close up account… Andy confronted a large black “panther-leopard” one evening at the barns. Gail was on her way to the campsite portaloo when she watched a big black cat sitting i...
BCC EP:110 Panthera Cumbria - DNA developments
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In this Cumbria update we discuss new DNA evidence with Sharon Larkin-Snowden following her input to episode 101. In October 2023 Sharon found a freshly consumed sheep carcass. Without realising, she also disturbed a big black cat at the scene. Later she swabbed the carcass for any saliva present, for a lab test. She and Rick discuss the DNA result which came back from the University of Warwick...
BCC EP:109 The changing farm - new woods & new predators
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Nick runs a farm in the English midlands which is now transforming to wildlife friendly woods and meadows. Amongst the farm’s wildlife are sightings and signs of big cats. Nick recounts people’s big cat encounters in the area and he describes the suspicious prints and the potential big cat lay-up spot found on his farm. He runs the farm in the knowledge that big cats have become part of the loc...
BCC EP:108 Dusk in the park - kids & the curious panther
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Eliza and two of her Cubs group friends came close to a black panther “with ears like a teddy bear” in their local Country Park in Spring 2023. The location is a big greenspace, busy in the daytime with families and visitors on the edge of town, adding to the shock and surprise felt by Eliza and friends. Eliza and her mum Sarah join us to discuss the difficulties of young people being believed ...
BCC EP:107 Fishing fright - the lakeside leopard warning
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Wayne is an angler in Essex. He describes 3 close encounters with big cats at fishing lakes. On one occasion he met with a leopard warning him off just meters away on a lakeside path. The nearby muntjac deer might owe its life to Wayne’s presence, as he stumbled upon the scene between the cat and the deer. He got close enough to see the big cat’s markings… Words of the week: leopard popcorn sme...
BCC EP:106 Forest echoes - Argyll’s big cat calls
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Janet is based in a remote corner of Argyll. She was unaware of the area’s long history of big cat reports until events kicked off close to her house in 2023. She explains the warning calls and the sightings she experienced locally and coincidentally when visiting Aberdeenshire. Janet is a professional photographer and explains how she is adapting her range of camera kit in preparation for big ...
BCC EP:105 Top corner cats - tracking the Caithness leopards
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We hear from Paul, an investigator near John O’Groats in north-east Scotland. He re-tells several big cat sighting reports from recent years, and he explains his use of trail cams, night vision cameras, and lures. Last summer he followed up a local black leopard report, then found himself in a dense woodland with a growling cat just a few feet away. The scary incident took a twist later that ni...
BCC EP:104 Sherwood & Shropshire - glimpses in the Greenwood
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Adam’s Grandfather’s once had a big cat sighting in Sherwood Forest and now, decades later, Adam has just experienced a large black cat in the same area - we hear the details in this episode. Adam also discusses several big cat encounters he’s heard of from friends and contacts in Nottinghamshire and Shropshire, as well as some perfect footage of a puma he was shown. As an ecologist he meets pe...
BCC EP:103 The spectre at the stables - big cats bothering horses
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We hear Sue’s experience after 10 years’ worth of big cat sightings and incidents around her stables in Essex. Her daughter and sons have had close sightings, and in one of Sue’s encounters she was next to a black panther in the stable yard at dusk. Sue describes some severe impacts on two of the horses after close confrontations with a big cat, and she explains the ongoing extra costs she is f...
BCC EP:102 Fight or flight? Cumbria’s cornered cat
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Charles reflects on his two encounters with a black panther or leopard, 21 years apart, both while caravanning and trekking in Cumbria. For the first incident Charles was in touching distance of the big cat as he entered his caravan awning and discovered it there - Charles recounts the moments he found himself closed in with a panther beside him… Word of the week: catstycam 19 November 2022
BCC EP:101 Lake District leopards
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BCC EP:101 Lake District leopards
A UK nature walk - big cats in the wildwood? #ukbigcats #leopards #rickminter #tracking #wildlife
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A UK nature walk - big cats in the wildwood? #ukbigcats #leopards #rickminter #tracking #wildlife
Big Cat Conversations podcast EP:100 EXTRACTS
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Big Cat Conversations podcast EP:100 EXTRACTS
BCC EP:100 Where the wild things are
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BCC EP:100 Where the wild things are
BCC EP:99 The dumping grounds - exploring the rogue wildlife
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BCC EP:99 The dumping grounds - exploring the rogue wildlife
BCC EP:98 Derbyshire dales - hidden homes of the big cats
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BCC EP:98 Derbyshire dales - hidden homes of the big cats
BCC EP:97 Crossing paths with a Glastonbury panther
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BCC EP:97 Crossing paths with a Glastonbury panther
BCC EP:96 Gamekeeper big cat diaries
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BCC EP:96 Gamekeeper big cat diaries
BCC EP:95 Living with leopards - Africa & Britain compared
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BCC EP:95 Living with leopards - Africa & Britain compared
BCC EP:94 West Country big cats - behind the headlines
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BCC EP:94 West Country big cats - behind the headlines
BCC EP:93 From Oxford to Exmoor - panthers in the pastures
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BCC EP:93 From Oxford to Exmoor - panthers in the pastures
BCC EP:92 The Outcasts - Beauty in the hidden beasts
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BCC EP:92 The Outcasts - Beauty in the hidden beasts
BCC EP:91 Scotland’s big cats - from theory to reality
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BCC EP:91 Scotland’s big cats - from theory to reality
BCC EP:90 Tails from the Stroud valleys
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BCC EP:90 Tails from the Stroud valleys
BCC EP:89 The predator’s stare - when time stood still
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BCC EP:89 The predator’s stare - when time stood still