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Moles can be a nuisance, especially for period and listed buildings with extensive gardens. Understanding their behaviour and implementing preventative measures is crucial for preserving your property's landscape and foundations.
Moles love your lawn
Moles, while seemingly harmless, can cause significant damage to lawns and potentially undermine the foundations of older buildings. Their tunneling activity creates unsightly molehills and can disrupt the root systems of plants.
Some Basic Stats!
- Length: 19 ' 20 Cm long (nose to tail tip)
- Average Weight: 70-130g
- lifespan: 3 to 4 years
These cute looking little stocky, brown mammals spend their life burrowing underground with their spade-like paws, hunting for earthworms to eat.
Recognising the early signs of mole activity is key to preventing extensive damage. Molehills are the most obvious indicator, but also look for raised ridges in your lawn, indicating shallow tunnels. Distinguish mole damage from other pests by the characteristic volcano-shaped mounds they leave behind.
The 'MoleHills' that you see are nothing more than n the Mole's 'rubbish dump' so looking for them there is only likely to bring disappointment, as that's just where they push the loose soil they have already dug out.
A final few more interesting facts:
Another interesting fact about the UK's Mole population is that while they are classed as 'Widespread' throughout the UK, there are none found in the Isles of Scilly, most of the Scottish islands, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.