A commuter driving between Chester and Flintshire claims to have seen a “black, fairly large animal” they believe could have been a puma.

They were driving home from work along Sealand Road when the sighting occurred near the Texaco petrol station around 12.30am on the morning of Saturday, June 18.

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In a report to Puma Watch North Wales, they described seeing an animal that ran into fields on the Blacon side of the road.

Davidson Drakes-Jarrett said: “I was driving home from Chester, my place of work, heading towards A494 when on Sealand Road about 30 metres after Texaco garage and 120 metres ahead of me a black fairly large animal ran across the road into the farm.

“It definitely wasn’t a fox and it ran across so quick I couldn’t really pick out any features or have time to catch a photo.

“All I could make out was its body that was fairly big and streamlined.”

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The sighting has been added to the Puma Watch North Wales interactive map, alongside sightings in Flintshire, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy and Gwynedd.

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Puma Watch founder Tony Jones said: "Chester has become a hotspot for big cat sightings, with multiple clusters occurring over the last year. This includes one occasion where an animal was caught on camera on Chester Meadows by a delivery driver.

"Last year, we shared a report of another motorist spotting a suspected panther stalking sheep, just a few miles away near the M56’s Chester Services. Additionally, a lorry driver spotted a big cat crossing the same road behind Costco Chester."

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He added: "Also last year and not far from the sighting reported today, someone spotted what could have been a puma near Blacon, at a location well under a mile from four other recent sightings. Just along the canal to the North, a large, black animal with a very long tail was spotted twice within a week, around the abandoned Old Oaks Golf Course and the Countess of Chester Country Park.

"These sightings followed a 4ft-long cat “with a great big tail” being spotted twice in one night in fields bordering Blacon, behind Sealand Road Asda.

"Prior to this, on the other side of the city centre, a member of the public reported an encounter with a 'growing and snarling' creature in Huntington’s Caldy Valley Nature Park, while in December, a big cat was caught on camera prowling Chester Meadows."

One of Chester’s alleged population of big cats has been added to the "Lego Chester" display in the city.