A shoal of huge Common Bream (Abramis brama) at confluence of Reach & Burwell Lodes, Cambridgeshire

Suddenly, where Reach Lode joins Burwell Lode, the water went very murky and there were bare patches of river bed that looked like they'd been dredged. So it was not a surprise when a gang of massive Common Beam appeared from the soup, through the forests of Whorled Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum), taking a few turns around to inspect me. Some were looking in very rough shape, heavily diseased, which is apparently not unusual after breeding. A thread on what I saw on this swim can be found here https://bsky.app/profile/numenini.bsk... or here https://x.com/numenini/status/2091095.... (11 August 2026 GX012033 NB the thumbnail is actually of a Common Bream in the Little Ouse at Lakenheath Fen in August 2025)