The Mole!

[charlie]

I came back from holiday to the news we had acquired a Mole, I was sort of impressed that we had a rare Ninja mole as those who have been here to the garden will remember we are about 8' above the surrounding ground, although there are routes left for Hedgehogs so I guess it must have availed itself of one of them. whatever, it must have done part of the break in above ground dodging the assorted cats that use our garden.

Anyway it was clear that after only 4 days the damage it was causing meant it had to be dealt with so an emergency trip to Macsalvors (for those of you not down in Cornwall, Macsalvors comes a pretty close second to beaches as a reason to visit the County) and Mole traps were purchased.

Today I noticed one of the traps had triggered and the Mole is no more, but its left me feeling sad not happy as it looked kind of cute (if a little dead!)

[AndyC]

It is amazing just how much damage such a small animal can do to a garden. We had regular invasions of moles in our old garden but I never managed to acquire a trap that was very effective. What type/design of trap have you used?. Fortunately no sign that moles visit our new garden.

[charlie]

Andy, I bought two different sorts of traps the one pictured was the one that got the mole and coincidentally it was the easiest to set.

Here it is set

Mole trap 003 by charliepridham, on Flickr

and triggered

Mole trap 002 by charliepridham, on Flickr