It was here that he dug himself a library out of the chalk for his books which he bought with money from catching wheatears and moles.

Tommy had the habit of catching field mice and moles and depositing them at the rear door as a trophy or perhaps a "thank you" for his room and board.

But as a trap to catch moles randomly, he described it as "astrology," "magic," "wishful thinking" and "a lousy way of finding out if somebody is a double agent."

Ten strong hunters could do anything - rob bees' nests, trap mice, catch moles, anything but one hunter by himself, with no one to watch his back in the long grass, was simply the next meal for everything with talons and claws.

I had seen cats before, shy feral faces in the woods, and one or two who lived at Belaire and caught mice and moles.

What he liked to do as a youth, Mr. Wahatha said, was to sharpen sticks to make traps that he would use to catch moles and other rodents.

Apart from hunting, these dogs were used to guard property and to catch rats, moles, and bunzing.

"Regular skin checks by a doctor are key to catching suspicious moles early."

As time wore on, traps used to catch and kill moles have become more advanced and complicated.

Traditional molecatchers travelled from farm to farm in order to catch moles.