An Ice Age fish is making a comeback in a loch in southern Scotland. Only ever known in four sites, it was thought that the fish had became extinct in all but one however they are now far more abundant in a loch they were introduced to due to concerns about pollution in their last stronghold.

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The vendace has now been declared extinct in one of the few sites where it remained however it is doing well in the loch where it was introduced. Derwent Water is now the only native site for the fish in the UK.

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