The nearly 300-acre site at Martlesham is to be left fallow so that 'nature can recover', the trust says.
BBC News, SuffolkSuffolk Wildlife Trust said the money has allowed it to buy the land for Martlesham Wild, on the banks of the River Deben.
"Our vision... is to create a space in which nature can recover - to allow wilder habitats to return and become homes to species such as curlew, avocet and redshank, as well as reptiles, mammals and invertebrates," it said.
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