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Sheddy:
I had to make a pick up near Coventry today, so I took my brother in law with me and afterwards we went looking for some land to metal detect on for the remainder of the day.  On one farm we saw this (image below) fence leading from the road to the farm house.

I think its quite sick, but other than the folklaw that its a warning to other moles to keep away, does anyone know why the farmer does it?  Are the dried moles a saleable commodity?

Manicminer:
A lot of farmers do the same. I think it's more to show the other farmers in the area how well he's done.
More like blowing his own trumpet than witchcraft. Similar to "I went Laning today - pics are in my gallery"  :wink:

the loon:
seen similar to this localy but was crows not moles

gtomo2:
use to get a lot of that sort of thing around north wales and it was down to showmanship look how meny i have caught. Oh and is the one nearist the camera waving at you :lol:

LandRoger:
Im a profesional pest controller -see this sort of thing all the time,its just a Farmer thing+ its easier to collect them later- hanging crows from poles
is another farmers favourite -doesnt achieve anything after a short while
the crows are back raiding the seed or crop -i dont find it sick its just a
country practice that gone on for generations, its not something i would
expect a townie to see the reasoning behind it,

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