Another trip to my fave new lake in Bridgend  with a new swim to me. Only 2.5 foot deep, the temperature has been more than warm enough to keep the fish in the shallows with plenty of lilies, overhangs and sunken pondweed to keep the oxygen level up. Despite this, it was a traditionally slow slow start and I was wondering if I should have stuck to the deeper end after all. Once I'd worked out that the fish were in the even shallower margins, I ended with 3 carp, a tench, 11 bream, 6 roach and 3 rudd for around 25lb in total, so that wasn't bad, but the highlight was 3 pigeons landing on the shores of the lake opposite me, only one came short and landed in the water. It was utterly confused for a few seconds by the physical change of the world as it has always been, and sat, wings splayed, bobbing like a beachball for some seconds working on how to address the issue before trying to flap its way out. Of course all it did was generate spray and send all my fish to other sections of the lake. While its two mates looked on without offering even a coo of support, it continued this butterfly stroke -flailing on and off for a good few minutes before good fortune and a prevailing wind blew it to shore.