I catch moles on a few golf courses. Different trapping methods required to my farm work. I've got to make sure my traps don't get stolen...

Apart from the wind chill, the Mini Beast from the East did little to hamper my work. We didn't get any snow to speak of and the temp...

You never know what the weather will do on the high hill farms. It can change very suddenly. I always have my phone and charger with me...

With the snow gone from up against these stone walls, you can see what this mole had been up to under the snow. No need for a proper roof...

45 miles from home, mole catching with views like this. What a way to spend a day.

Kike, not her clean usual self. But with the ground still so wet, it's to be expected. She doesn't care a bit and by the look of those...

After a very warm (13 degrees) and dry morning, the afternoon turned wet, very wet. There's nothing worse than digging trap sites and...

I don't do any mole work for the Environment Agency, but lots of my farms have these large flood defence banks to stop the land from...

Not every farm wants their dead moles on the yard. I've just emptied my traps on a farm that has diversified into a 80 horse livery and...

Early finish today, just removed last lot of traps from this farm

One of the perks of being a farm mole catcher, I'm never bored with the same view looking out of my office window

65 traps set yesterday afternoon and 44 moles removed from traps this morning. Nearly 3/4 of them are males, so I'm hoping that I can get...

The snow and ice has gone, the ground is thawing out and it's not raining. Happy days

This is what Kike thought of the weather. Even my hand wipes in the back of the truck froze solid

Took these two guys and a lady out from a garden next to the farm I was currently working on. On the Fylde Coast we missed most of the...

The ground is starting to freeze a little deeper each night with the continuing sub-zero temperatures. Provided I can still get my traps...

Despite the imminent arrival of The Beast from the East, I recorded 20.5 degrees C at 2.50pm. I was well sheltered from the wind on this...

The nest chamber is the round dark chamber in the middle of the picture. It is only just below the surface of the field, but is well...

The wet winter we have had has forced many more moles than normal to build these large mole nests.

Caught a few large males on this farm before I left, the males are certainly ready for the females. It's a crazy time of year to catch...