Summer lawn at the start of an attack by the mole

A fairly typical size of one molehill created by the mole in one operation

How the damage will spread if left unchecked

West Dorset Mole Control starts the work of finding a location to place their traps

Digging down to the tunnel

The mole run or tunnel is revealed

Deploying a mole trap

Traps marked, job nearly done

Just a small area in one field where moles have created a real health hazard to stock once soil gets into their fodder

A farm job is tackled where up to 100 traps may be deployed over four days

Just one of 31 moles removed that year in four days