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Interesting news · 4 November 2025
Prehistoric fish thriving in Scottish loch
Dumfries and Galloway · from bbc.co.uk
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Britain’s rarest freshwater fish, the vendace, is thriving once again in Dumfries and Galloway. A recent survey at Loch Skeen near Moffat found the Ice Age-era species in healthy numbers, almost thirty years after its reintroduction.
The fish, which require deep, cold and well-oxygenated water, had vanished from Scotland until it was reintroduced in the late 1990s. The National Trust for Scotland and University of Glasgow carried out the latest survey, confirming a highly abundant population.
Rangers say the loch’s cool, clean waters provide ideal conditions, though future warming remains a concern.
Robert Burns's favourite inn, founded in 1610 on a close off Dumfries High Street, with his chair, his bedroom window verse, a whisky bar and a fine restaurant.
A four‑year habitat restoration project at NatureScot’s Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve has successfully encouraged the return of marsh harriers, a rare raptor in Scotland, to the site.
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