Lancashire Mole Control, Work Blog

John

Feb 22, 20181 min read

Another day, another farm

Made a start on this 700 acre farm late today. I only need to trap about 350 acres of silage ground as the rest is down to arable. Farms...

John

Feb 21, 20181 min read

Big male mole

Catching some large males now. With the breeding season almost here, the males are in peak condition. This is the largest male caught today.

John

Feb 20, 20181 min read

Average overnight catch

23 hours after setting 35 traps in the field Kike and I were in yesterday, I removed 24 moles. Mainly big males, but a few small females,...

John

Feb 15, 20181 min read

Big Mole Fortress

Came across these two well weathered mole fortresses side by side today, one was very large indeed and Kike was definitely interested in...

John

Feb 13, 20181 min read

What a difference a day makes

I knew we couldn't have two sunny dry days back to back, so now it's back to more rain and muddy fields. Can't remember such a prolonged...

John

Feb 12, 20181 min read

It's not raining!!!

Finally, a sunny but cold afternoon. It was snowing earlier in the day. The fields are very wet and it’s slow going even on the quad. God...

John

Feb 11, 20181 min read

Female moles in season 2018

I've been checking the female moles caught over the last couple of weeks to check for the start of the breeding season and today I had...