SPOTLIGHT ON MOLES AROUND WIMBORNE MINSTER- DORSET
Wimborne Minster is a large market town located in east Dorset and is famous for its minster church located in the centre and dates back to the pre-roman era. The town is surrounded by countryside and forests and has two rivers, the Stour and Allen. The central streets are narrow and contain older buildings, which spread outward towards larger residential areas and the surrounding villages of Pamphill, Colehill, Canford Bottom, Merley and Ashington. With the rivers playing a major part of the landscape, they form a natural highway for many insects, birds and animals which naturally...
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As Valentine’s Day approaches a feeling of love and romance normally fills the air and it could be that you are planning a romantic surprise for your loved one. The same could be happening in the world according to pests that are living around you! Spiders, fleas, maybe even moths, wasps and other insects are all on the lookout to increase their numbers. Rats, mice and even squirrels are busy wooing their other halves by building warm and secure nesting sites, which could be in your home. Outside, other animals will be getting in on the act to find love, including moles. One molehill can...
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What a summer! The weather has been very hot to say the least and many people have enjoyed the sun and reaped its benefits. Nature has had to adapt to the very dry conditions to preserve valuable moisture, none more so than the mole. A very hard-working animal that few have ever seen, but its results are everywhere – MOLEHILLS! As the ground dried out, these industrious creatures were forced to new areas to feed on their primary source of food, worms. Molehills started to appear everywhere very soon in the season as the heatwave took hold and the ground became parched. It is generally...
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