Molecatcher

Up at my parents in Northumberland, spotted this out on a walk.

When I was a kid my (older) brother and sister convinced me that the molecatcher would hang moles around a field to warn off other moles so they wouldn't come into the field. I worked out later (probably in my 20s) that a more likely scenario was that this was the molecatchers way of proving to the farmer that he was doing his job which, I imagine, mostly happens at night. I guess you could see this as his invoice.

Apologies for continuing the gruesome theme from yesterday's blip, though at least they're already dead this time. Normal service will resume shortly.