"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.", William Boot in Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh.
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Have you walked across plashy fen, aka your lawn, and knew what your feet were feeling? Have you considered the vole/mole who creates the squoosh? Not me either. Waugh's sentence, above, probably the funniest sentence I've read in 2 decades.
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In a client's garden, after noticing 'squoosh', I'll say, "You've got moles." Quickly arrives the client's mole face, I-don't-know-what-this-is-but-it's-obviously-bad-look.
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Bottom line best option to get rid of moles? A garden cat. Traps or chemicals are not for me.
Pic, above, here.
Voles/moles do have a wicked sense of humor, manifested in an obvious manner. Choosing gardens to dine upon they will choose the garden, above. Why opt for the garden, below, zero impact to the owner.
Pic, above, here.
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My garden cat, Torte-de-Shelle, always brought her mole conquests to the back door. I promptly tossed them under a bush somewhere to feed the soil.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara