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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Sean of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

    © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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    Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
    Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.

    Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.

    The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.

    The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.

    In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".

    Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
    The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.

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  • Best of Defence Imagery 2020
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    Best of Defence Imagery 2020
    Members of 45 Commando make their way through a forest, whilst on exercise Green Claymore in Scotland.

    Ex GREEN CLAYMORE 2020 is delivering a rigorous mountain warfare training package designed to; reinforce basic Commando skills, build understanding of the mountainous environment and its impact on warfighting operations, and enable the successful execution of Winter Deployment 21. Crucially, planning for Ex GC was done with the Future Commando Force (FCF) Concept in mind and has incorporated the trialling of 12-man team tactics and assault techniques. Ex GC is being undertaken in the Cairngorms National Park with ranks from across the Unit plus enablers

    As a prelude to Winter Deployment 21 (WD21), Ex GC presents a significant opportunity to communicate the capabilities of the RM and the UK’s ability to conduct Cold Weather Warfare (CWW), whilst demonstrating fundamental skills of the Future Commando Force (FCF) concept.

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  • FEATURE - Eichhörnchen und Kohlmeise im Zwiegespräch?
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    FEATURE - Eichhörnchen und Kohlmeise im Zwiegespräch?


    Photographer Karen Miller captured a red squirrel and coal tit in the Cairngorms, Scotland on Wednesday (12 Feb).

    Karen described it as a 'Coal Tit/Red Squirrel stand-off."

    Where: Cairngorms, Highlands, United Kingdom
    When: 12 Feb 2020
    Credit: Karen Miller/Cover Images (FOTO: DUKAS/COVER IMAGES)

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  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625745

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625746

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625744

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625743

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625741

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625742

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625739

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625740

     

  • Snow hare winter
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    Snow hare winter
    Mountain hare, Lepus timidus, adult hare in the snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Europe Snow hare winter *** Local Caption *** 00625738

     

  • Crested tit on a branch
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    Crested tit on a branch
    Crested tit, Lophophanes cristatus, adult, Cairngorms Nationalpark Crested tit on a branch *** Local Caption *** 00621514

     

  • Snow hare flee winter
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    Snow hare flee winter
    Snow hare, Lepus timidus, Cairngorms Nationalpark Snow hare flee winter *** Local Caption *** 00621505

     

  • White Hare
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    White Hare
    White Hare *** Local Caption *** 00623763

     

  • White Hare
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    White Hare
    White Hare *** Local Caption *** 00623749

     

  • Snow hare flee winter
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    Snow hare flee winter
    Snow hare, Lepus timidus, Cairngorms Nationalpark Snow hare flee winter *** Local Caption *** 00621510

     

  • White Hare
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    White Hare
    White Hare *** Local Caption *** 00623764

     

  • Snow chicken in winter
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    Snow chicken in winter
    Snow chicken, Lagopus mutus, Lagopus muta, Cairngorms Nationalpark Snow chicken in winter *** Local Caption *** 00621511

     

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