Now we are two

It’s our second birthday today! Happy birthday to us!

At the end of our first year, this blog had reached 55,000 ‘hits’. At the end of our second year, we are about to reach 173,000 hits. That’s a phenomenal growth curve and we’d like to thank all our readers for the continued interest.

Looking at our list of subscribers, you’re an eclectic crowd, including a number of university academics, police officers, barristers, solicitors, gamekeepers, falconers, wildlife conservationists, raptor biologists, sporting agents, landowners, civil servants, MSPs, journalists (national & regional), wildlife rehabbers, hedgefund managers, independent TV producers, BBC producers, procurators fiscal, gundog trainers, RSPB staff, RSPCA staff, SSPCA staff, BirdLife International staff, SGA staff, GWCT staff, FCS staff, Animal Aid staff, Hawk & Owl Trust staff, wildlife researchers, magazine editors…

Our top six posts (ie. the most read) since we started are:

• 3 golden eagles & other raptors found dead on Skibo Estate, Sutherland
• Review of ‘Fair Game?’ documentary – our “ugly secret”
• Golden eagle found poisoned on Glenbuchat Estate, Aberdeenshire
• Scottish sea eagles reach plague proportions
• Skibo Estate Results
• Moy Estate Results

Are we having an impact? We like to think that we’ve helped to raise awareness about Scotland’s long-running failure to properly address the issue of illegal raptor persecution. And judging by some of the scathing comments that have been written by certain organisations about this blog, we think we’re on the right track. We’re all on to them, and they know it.

Thanks again for your support and here’s to year three!