According to reports, 83 incidents of cyanobacteria, known as blue green algae, has been reported this year to the environmental authorities, as lakes have being starved with native species threatened.

Also, the highest number of reported incidents was 226 , which occurred five years ago, though the environmental agency expressed that this year’s report was ‘unusually bad’, as it happened along the Welsh coast, in Scottish lochs, contaminating the Norfolk Broads, ruining swimming ponds in London, fishing ponds and streams all over the country.

However, the algae can cause running stomach, skin irritations and able to kill pets and livestock, as a dog was reported death this year, after its owner saw it drinking algae from a Wirral beach, as well as 31 dead animals taken up on the coast of Brittany, after a severe outbreak early in the summer.

The Government agency stated that the hot weather and the recent drought was responsible, as it enabled the algae to grow faster, as well as the high levels of algae blooms and phosphate nutrients from fertilizers used on the farm.

Moreover, environmentalists highlighted that this year has been rainy and cool, hence they stated: “The outbreak was made much worse than expected because of pollution from farms and sewage works and water companies taking too much water from the streams”.