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25,000 people from 50 countries help buy a 9,400-acre estate for wildlife
The Wildlife Trusts raised about £30 million to protect Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, home to a Bronze Age hill fort.
In short
£30Mraised, with 25,000+ supporters
- Area: ~9,400 acres
- Raised: ~£30 million
- Donors: 25,000+ from 50 countries
What happened
The Wildlife Trusts has bought Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, England, around 9,400 acres including a Bronze Age hill fort, for about £30 million. More than 25,000 supporters from 50 countries chipped in, alongside funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, DEFRA and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
Who lives there
The land shelters curlews, lapwings and other wading birds, mountain bumblebees, red squirrels, cuckoos and merlins in the woods, skylarks, salmon and a critically endangered eel.
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