sueyh Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I know moles are a pest but recently there have been a lot of dead ones about and this morning when driving along a local road I saw one trying to scrabble across a piece of rough ground at the side of the road. Is there any reason why things are bad for them this year - or is it just because of the dry weather?Sueyps I know I won't feel sorry for them when they are once again digging up my terrace (as they did last year)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tancrède Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [quote user="sueyh"]is it just because of the dry weather?[/quote]Dry weather certainly does bring moles out onto the surface. My cat has always characteristically caught the majority of his moles during droughts, and one certainly sees them more frequently under extremely dry conditions.But I don't know what the mechanism of this is. My father's view (he was a very accomplished mole-catcher) was that very dry conditions made their shallow feeding-runs difficult to sustain - as a result of the surface of the soil being too friable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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