Waking up to a fresh line of molehills across a lawn you’ve spent years caring for is frustrating. Moles can turn a neat garden, paddock, sports pitch or golf course into a mess of soil heaps and collapsed tunnels in a matter of days. Gloucester Pest Controllers provides professional mole control across Gloucestershire, from city gardens in Gloucester to farms, stables and estates in the surrounding countryside.
Moles spend almost their whole lives underground, digging a network of tunnels to hunt earthworms and insect larvae. A single mole can dig a surprisingly large tunnel system and push up many molehills in a short time, so even one animal can cause a lot of damage. Gloucestershire’s rich farmland and well-kept gardens offer them plenty of food.
Moles aren’t dangerous to people, but the damage they cause can be costly and frustrating:
Signs of moles: fresh heaps of loose soil appearing overnight, raised ridges across the lawn where moles tunnel just below the surface, and soft, spongy patches of ground.
The most effective and humane way to deal with moles is professional trapping. Home remedies such as sonic spikes, mothballs, smoke bombs or flooding tunnels rarely work for long, and moles often simply move a short distance away.
Your technician first surveys the affected area to understand the tunnel system and identify the active runs, the main routes moles use regularly, rather than the many feeding tunnels that may only be used once. Finding active runs is the key to successful trapping.
We then set professional mole traps carefully in those runs, taking care to disturb the tunnel as little as possible so the mole doesn’t avoid it. Traps are checked regularly, and once the mole has been caught, all traps are removed. We don’t use poisons in gardens or fields, and we always work humanely and within the law.
Most domestic mole jobs are resolved in a few visits over one to two weeks, depending on the number of moles and the size of the area.
We aim to clear moles quickly, safely and with minimal disruption to your land.
We work with farmers, equestrian centres, schools, sports clubs, golf courses and estate managers across Gloucestershire. For larger sites we can offer seasonal programmes, with visits timed for the periods when moles are most active and new molehills are most likely to appear, typically from autumn through to spring.
Successful mole trapping is a skill that comes with experience. Reading a tunnel system, picking out the active runs and setting traps without the mole noticing all take practice, and getting it wrong often means weeks of wasted effort. Our technicians have cleared moles from gardens, paddocks, sports pitches and farmland across Gloucestershire, from the Severn Vale to the Cotswold edge.
We’ll give you a clear price before we start, keep you updated on progress and leave your land tidy. We work without poisons, which means no risk to children, pets, livestock or wildlife using the same ground. And if moles return from neighbouring land later on, we’re local and easy to call back.
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