People living in the village of Midgham in Berkshire are blaming flooding and standing water for the clouds of insects.
Villagers in Berkshire say swarms of midges are plaguing their homes, and the situation is the worst they've ever seen.
A vet and horse owner in neighbouring Padworth says her land has also been inundated by midges which are distressing and biting her animals, and people in Woolhampton are also affected.People living in the village of Midgham are blaming flooding and standing water for the clouds of insects.Horse rider and vet Christel Caderius Van Veen said: "Since we moved here in the last couple of months, they've been almost constant.
"I moved here in the beginning of February and we've had clouds of midges since. And here we are mid-April.Vet Christel Caderius Van Veen uses fly bonnets to protect her horses from the midges.Speaking about the impact on her horses Christel added: They get really distressed, so if they don't wear fly bonnets, then the flies get into their ears and they bite them so much that they bleed.
The swarms are a daily spectacle around the River Kennet floodplain in West Berkshire as they form spectacular insect clouds.The advice from experts is midges are most active at dawn and dusk so avoid those times.University of Oxford researcher Liam Crowley said: "The reason why we're seeing this huge local increase in the number of midges, is because population is really closely linked to the weather conditions.
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