MEMBERS of the public have donated nearly £500,000 to a conservation charity to help save an area of wildlife habitat.
The donations, alongside a further £347,000 from the RSPB's partners, brings the campaign to save Wards Estate in Dunbartonshire a third of the way towards its £1.1 million target.
Individuals have donated £480,000 towards purchasing the 562-acre area and neighbouring farmhouse.
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