Wharfee, one for you? Why do farmers kill moles again? Is it that the mole hills make fields uneven (yeah, can't be doing with uneven fields in the Dales ) or that the moles, in eating lots of worms, effect the soil in some way? Or do moles perhaps carry diseases that can infect sheep and cattle? Or do sheep's feet can stuck in the holes?

Or is it a tradition long lost in time as to the exact reason?

And having killed them why the feck do they have to be pegged out on fences?

On the wildlife spotting front Me and Harry have seen a heron on the same 200 meter stretch of the Ribble here almost every time we wander along it. Still hoping to see a Kingfisher at some point