Wiltshire Wildlife Trust purchases Great Wood, near Grittenham that covers 71 hectares.
An ancient woodland is to be saved and transformed into a nature reserve.
The transformation into a nature reserve prevents the woodland from being sold off to multiple landowners or commercially managed. They have far greater plant biodiversity than recently planted woodlands and support a wide array of insects, birds and mammals, it added.Gary Mantle, chief executive of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, said: "I am delighted that we have saved Great Wood as a fantastic place for nature and people in Wiltshire.
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