moles can produce as many as 15 hills a day, each hill containing
roughly 5 litres of loose soil
males and females live apart most of the year, but in the breeding
season males dig over large areas in search of a mate.
each mole inhabits its own underground tunnel system covering an area
of 400-2000 square metres, the mole patrols these tunnels on a regular
cycle, searching out food such as earthworms and grubs for a period of 4
hours and then resting for 3 hours. The mole is most active just after
sunrise and again just before sunset
The mole population in the U.K has doubled in the last ten years to
an estimated 34-40 million moles