Flooded Mole Tunnels

It's that time of year again when we have had a good 5 days of solid rain and the ground in soaked and starting to freeze overnight.

I received a phone call from one of my customers about another mole that has made an appearence in her prized front garden. I visited her property and found a very small amount of activity.

After collecting my mole control gear from the boot of my car I probed around looking for the tunnels. After locating one I removed the turf to expose the tunnel and found that they has been completely flooded. The ground was very wet and the soil drainage was not great.

Oh dear I thought.

After realising I was not going to be able to set any mole traps near the fresh mole hills I went for a wonder.
I decided to have a look around two fence lines at the opposite ends of the very large garden.

Both were on higher ground and I managed to find to nice runs. I set up two Talpex traps and off I went.

Upon returning the next day I was chuffed to find I had caught in both traps after nearly giving up before I had started.

Trap Shy Mole

Catching A Trap Shy Mole

Yesterday I received a phone call from a lady who had just moved into a new property in West Byfleet and mole hills have been popping up all over the averaged size lawn for a few weeks.

After discussing the service I offer she went on to tell me her husband had already attempted to catch the mole using a trap he had bought Online.

Alarm bells starting ringing at this point. Why?

Well, it's common for moles to become "trap shy" when someone has attempted to catch them and failed. Normally they will buy cheap traps that are not tweaked to be effective and the moles tend to fill them with soil and become wary. 

This is a prime example when a mole catcher has to change tactics to catch the mole.

I started out on the opporsite side of the garden to where the customer had set his tunnel traps with no catch.

Then I simply opted to use the Talpex trap instead of the tunnel trap as they work in a different way allowing you to fill the hole in with soil so the mole thinks its tunnel has collapsed. With no trap in sight the mole will try to rebuild its tunnel pushing the soil upwards to rebuild the roof. This will set the trap off catching the mole quickly and humanly. 

Just a small change makes a big difference! Caught the next day.

Mole Control Surrey

Mole Control Surrey

Hi,
Let me introduce myself.
I am a traditional mole catcher based in Surrey only catching moles using traps, no gases or poisons.

There is an art and skill to mole catching and I have been offering my services for over 7 years now starting out on my neighbours Golf course.
I am a member of the BTMR (British Traditional Molecatchers Register) and pride myself on my friendly and effective service.

Most people have an image of a mole being a friendly and cute creature.
Well they are cute until they rip up your garden leaving you will dozens on mole hills overnight. They also pose problems for farmers and there livestock too. Like any pest the mole must be controlled otherwise things can get out of hand very quickly. It's not uncommon to remove 20+ moles from a field if they are able to breed without the required control in place.


Trapping moles is the quickest and most humane method available. This way it guarantees a quick end to the mole compared to gases and poisons.

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