Big cats in Notts.

Friday 3rd April 2026

Big cats in Notts.

Big cat sightings 2020-present day – a Freedom of Information request to Nottinghamshire Police

A “big cat” is a large cat not native to the UK, often described as a “leopard”, “puma” or “panther”. To include, for each sighting: Location of …
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.