Mole Traps
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😂 I reckon “mole” would taste a bit..........earthy!
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It's all part of the wind up, Debs.
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I've been reading this post and comments and wondered if your lawn looked like mine, whether or not you would have a different view?
As you can see by the photo, I have been incredibly tolerant of the "neighbours" and would never plan to get rid of them in any way, inhumanely. However, my patience is wearing very thin, particularly as all humane methods I've tried have failed!
It maybe slightly off topic, but any suggestions would be welcome - my ex 'putting green' is somewhat ruined!
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The last musical birthday card I recieved needed burying as soon as it was opened, lol!
I have not tried this, but as my birthday is approaching in December - if the little blighters have not moved on, then they'll be digging to a different tune! 3 -
There's a few options to try - kids windmills stuck in the ground, sonic devices, but the one I've heard that's most effective is old fashioned milk bottles dug in along the run...you dig a hole, put them in neck down, with the base sticking out and apparently the light that 'beams down' in to the run trips the moles out and they move on?! No personal experience with it, but perhaps worth a try?
Don't forget those windmills and sticky out bottles may be a potential trip hazard, so be careful!
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I used to get occasional molehills in the rear lawn for a couple of years. I repaired as they appeared. If I could not contain I would personally choose to employ a member of BTMR (British Traditional Molecatchers Register) to set traps.
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Not really as dormice were probably plentiful at one time and stored well until wanted and could be fed up meanwhile.
No doubt the Roman army made use of the mole skins to wrap their feet before a 4 hour 20 mile walk in full kit and armour and carrying around 25kg of kit.
Until recently I had a moleskin cloth for wiping lead joints in old pipes found in large Victorian houses around Chester
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Did you not read about the Mafia in Italy had a secret stash of Mice that was found only the other day? Apparently they found them to be a delicacy.
They even had some of them frozen.
Mind you those lot haven't really evolved at all.
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Just in case you need to take action and that means trapping, just putting down traps willy nilly wont work. You will have to find a travelling run as opposed to a feeding run. The professional employed by the club no doubt found the right run, just unfortunately it was visible to someone. Hence the furore. The warden was no doubt using his discretion and knowledge to employ such a person for the benefit of the site. He could not please everyone. As for trolls never seen or caught one.
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My grandfather did used to say he did like them...
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I’ve “repaired” the molehills too but as you’ve probably seen from the photo, after a weekend away, I’ve come back to something resembling the Somme! Thank you for your comment but trapping is not an option I wish to pursue - Mrs ExT would sooner I were trapped and despatched before our “cute” little friends! I know they will eventually move on, so for now it’s the old upturned milk bottle plan, unless someone comes up with a better suggestion 👍
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They will eventually move on once the food source has been devoured-earthworms. The downside is the earthworms would have been more beneficial to your soil than the moles. Your picture shows the result of their tunneling. Imagine that on the club site and the reaction of the majority of users. Comes back to the basics. Enjoy the site and countryside but leave management to those with full knowledge.
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Fisherman, unfortunately the response I received from the Club has been removed, but I'm sure you read it from your responses yesterday.
Anyway, I'd just like to clarify that the traps were set along the perimeter hedge of the entrance to the site, no where near any pitches. If you look back at one of my first posts I have attached a photograph.
The response form the Wardens backs this up. I won't quote word for word from the response I received as it may be removed, but it says that the traps were placed for two mole hills outside the site gate entrance, which is somewhere members walk past frequently and the hills could be a tripping hazard.
I also note you have never come back to Cornersteady with the reasons you feel the moles should have been trapped in a residential, sub urban location, accessed by public and pets, with no grazing cattle. It would be good to receive the counter argument with the facts on the subject, not just the repeated mantra of leaving it to those who have the knowledge. Furnish us with the knowledge please.
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Being a keen golfer and a playing member at different clubs over the years, it would be very easy indeed to eradicate the natural food source of the mole by spraying the lawns with chemicals. It is a practice which is common in many sports venues across the country, but as previously stated, I want rid of these beasts humanely and with no detriment to the environment, my pets or wildlife. I dont want to kill the earthworms as they're beneficial to the soil. and in the natural food chain, provide food for birds. Therefore your last sentence makes absolutely no sense whatsover; 'leave management to those with full knowledge'. It seems you're just writing to antagonise, with no knowledge and no answers.
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You would classify a club site as a commercial site and you would try to prevent the damage as shown in a previous picture here. The tapper would have looked for "travel runs", ie along the hedge and not "feeding runs" in the middle of the site. Thats probably the reasonable explanation for the siting of the traps. I acknowledge I did not see the actual site but experience steers me that way. Does that answer the question?
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It explains the mechanics of mole trapping, but not the rationale when the 'offending' mole hills were outside the site, and the area is adjacent to the site car park.
However, the Wardens have provided us with the rationale haven't they...that the hills on the grassed area on the non-site side of the hedge were potential trip hazards to Club members who often walk by!
I've attached the photo again, for those who may not have seen it previously - not great, but perhaps helps?
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Yes it was and still happening today. Rich farmers are not country people. Are you perhaps refering to say Clarkson or the Middle East buyers making large estates. The numbers are endless. The latest is City types buying farms to plant trees to grab the subsidies and not for any real ecological reason.
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I suppose if they’re planting trees to act as a natural carbon sink for whatever motivation that’s a good thing?
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+1, neither the motivation nor the owner is the point, the deed is the important thing. Good point SB👍🏻
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I understand the subsidies for that are available are for every one,?
It seems to show their ecological credentials.?
In the past were grubbing out hedges to make it easier and cheaper to work the fields are now grabbing the very same subsidies. , to plant new trees and hedgerows in an effort to stop the topsoil being, ,eroded by windy weather. , which why hedges, were planted centuries ago for just that reason, , it then looks Good? when in the local , bragging to the new "Incomers"
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I’ve noticed how the ‘guardians of the countryside’ are selling massive amounts of acres to have concrete laid for new villages everywhere. These guardians will soon be on the news complaining of the destruction of the countryside probably from the Maldives & St Lucia🤷🏻♂️🙄
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Don’t forget solar and wind farms, Rocky. They are rapidly filling the fields of Cornwall. 😕
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There is no such thing as a poor farmer-a pretend poor farmer. . .Lots of those🙄
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