Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

A good day's work?

A mole catcher's gibbet on Malham Moor in North Yorkshire. Part of a large collection of moles (Talpa europaea) hung on a barbed wire fence (the gibbet) by a mole-catcher as evidence of his work. Once a common sight in the countryside, but now quite rare.

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