Nattergal was delighted to win the highly coveted title of UK’s Small Business of the Year.

It is vital that all of us working in Nature recovery try to understand what is driving the decline of specialist species like willow tits, to see if and how our efforts can benefit this broad category of imperiled wildlife. Put simply, unless we can stop the rot with specialists, we won’t be able to halt the decline of biodiversity in any meaningful way.

Announced today, global engineering and sustainable development consultancy Arup has committed £1 million to a nature restoration project, partnering with Nattergal and Wilder Carbon in an industry-leading initiative.

Bellway Homes have taken a significant step towards meeting the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) planning obligations by purchasing their first offsite habitat units from Nattergal.

Last week, it was our privilege to host representatives from DEFRA, Natural England, the Environment Agency and The Forestry Commission.

In England, only 13% of peatlands are in a near-natural state, most of which found in the uplands. The degraded remainder are emitting 10 million tonnes of CO₂e every year, almost 3% of the nation’s total.

Like it or not, we live in a world subject to market forces, where capital is expected to generate a return. If we accept this premise, it becomes clear that anything we wish to achieve – such as combatting the climate and biodiversity crises – must be done within the parameters of a capitalist system.

This year’s World Rewilding Day theme is ‘hope into action’, a fitting time to reflect on Nattergal’s progress towards our long-term purpose of proving that nature is worth investing in. In this article, we revisit some of the early achievements that have set us on the right track to ‘delivering nature recovery at scale, to provide vital benefits for society and sustainable financial returns.’

With the dramatic changes to our climate that we’re experiencing, understanding water movement and its relationship with land will become one of the most pressing issues for environmentalists to deal with.

An overview of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and it’s importance to UK nature restoration.

Our Nattergal Chairman - Sir Charlie Burrell introduces our new blog, and explains why now is the right time to be delivering ature recovery at scale.