It might look a nice spring morning, but it's still very cool for the last day of April. But that's not my complaint here. I've got...

Probably the 3rd coffee of the day, I drink loads of the stuff. Nearly the end of April and I've still got to use all my winter mole...

We've had a couple of warm days and the phone goes mad with people saying they have wasps and hornets of all things. Never seen a hornet...

More mole work on the flood banks protecting the fields on this farm.

Adorable

Hottest April day since 1949 according to the media. Was 32.2 degrees with the sun belting down on my temp sensor here, actually got to...

If you are going to venture off road, never over estimate your or your vehicles capabilities. I wouldn't even attempt to take my quad...

No hat or gloves needed either today. 25.5 degrees recorded on the thermometer in the front quad box this afternoon. Checking the grain...

This number of ewes and lambs makes it impossible to trap. But they are all being moved in two days to fresh grazing which I'm currently...

I only stop to eat when I'm hungry, some days I'll just work right through. Nothing better than eating alfresco, plenty of soil, bugs,...

Actually a view over Freckleton, Warton and Lytham Marsh. I'm trapping moles along the sea defence bank for the farm behind me. The marsh...

What's' the odds of catching two coloured moles in two traps 30 yards apart. Nice silver grey fur. Female on the left, male in the middle...

I've never had such a wet winter for farm mole trapping. Things got bad towards the end of last September and here we are 7 months later,...

Rain, Sleet, Snow and more Rain. Plus it's only just above freezing. But I'm having a great day.

I can normally manage to trap successfully with ewes at most times of the year, but when they have lambs I draw the line. Lambs up to...

Too nice to stay at home eating Easter Eggs. Turned out to be the best day of the Easter break, well a break for most people, but just...

The ground was covered with frost earlier, but the sun has now reached this field and turned it all into a glistening carpet of dew.

What's the point of having a lazy start to a Sunday with weather like this. It actually feels like spring has properly arrived this...

Often I'm only asked to trap one or two problem fields instead of the whole farm. Jobs like this mean I try to keep working in a small...

Started on this farm yesterday afternoon, it's one of my regulars and an easy farm to trap, caught 10 moles whilst I was there. Today I...