Moles are small mammals which have a cylindrical body and are around 11 – 16cm long, they weigh about 70 to 130 grams. Moles have very strong shoulders with spade like limbs with claws for digging. They are a silver black in colour with their hair covering their eyes which are very poor.

They have excellent smell and touch. Moles are solitary animals and only come from underground to breed, they don’t get on with each other and have been known to fight till the death. Moles live underground and are carnivores feeding mainly on earthworms, their saliva contains a toxin which paralyzes earthworms and they then store them in larder areas for later consumption, they need to eat about 20 earthworms a day to survive.