Swarms of randy flies plaguing Nottinghamshire residents

Families are having their lives blighted by the plague of randy mating midges which have descended on Nottinghamshire in the last couple of weeks.

Chilling footage shows thick black clouds of flies buzzing around properties in scenes more reminiscent of Alfred Hitchock's The Birds.

Locals say their lives have been made hell by the terrifying infestation as they've been unable to open their windows or sit in their back gardens.

Jenny Bosman's 15-year-old daughter Mia had been going to bed on May 22 when a swarm of midges set off a security light because it was so dense.

The horrified teenager later woke in the night and screamed for help after finding her bedroom covered in thousands of flies, which had managed to get inside.

Jenny, 42, said she was left hoovering the flies off the ceiling for a week following the invasion of her family home in North Muskham.

Jenny, a veterinary surgeon, said: “It was honestly disgusting.

“She started filming on her phone. It was like something out of a horror film.

“I spoke to someone down the river who said they have never known anything like it in 30 years.

“There were flies everywhere. We were hoovering the ceiling and the window sills for a week.

“Everyone in the village was saying they were affected too."

It is believed the green chironomid midges had moved inland from the River Trent to mate due to a lack of human activity on the waters during lockdown.

Heavy flooding in the area earlier in the year is also thought to have played a part alongside the warm weather.

Dad-of-three Brian Manly, 51, added: "My local store was out of fly spray as so many people were using it to defend their homes.

"It was like an apocalyptic plague, I've really never seen anything like it."

Grandmother-of-five Alison Luke, 61, also from North Muskham, said: "You couldn’t sit outside without getting them in your hair and teeth.”

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