An animal charity is on the hunt for the owners of a missing cat who was discovered a motorway service station in Beaconsfield yesterday afternoon.

The RSPCA has issued an appeal after staff at the Beaconsfield services of the M40, Windsor Road, found the female tabby cat, believed to be called Mimi, on January 6.

Staff said they had been approached by a woman the night before who had lost the cat after she escaped from her car.

RSPCA inspector Rachel Smith said: “This owner must be frantic with worry.

“I am told that the cat just jumped out of the car when she stopped and then she couldn’t find her, despite looking and asking staff. Fortunately, a member of staff managed to find and rescue the cat the next day.

“Unfortunately Mimi is not chipped and the owner didn’t leave her details so we don’t know how to contact her and let her know the happy news.

"As she was travelling it is difficult to know where she lives or may have been going to, but we urge anyone with any information to let us know so we can reunite them.

“Luckily, Mimi is unharmed and doing well in RSPCA care, although understandably a little shaken up by her ordeal. She is a beautiful cat who has clearly been loved and looked after and I think her owner must just be so upset."

Anyone with any information has been asked to call 0300 123 8018.