What Nattergal does

Nattergal is a UK-based nature restoration company that acquires, leases, and manages ecologically degraded land to implement large-scale rewilding projects. The company operates three named wildland sites — Boothby Wildland in Lincolnshire, High Fen Wildland in Norfolk, and Harold's Park Wildland in Essex — and has stated intent to expand across the UK and Europe. Its underlying technology centers on ecological recovery methodologies, including wetland restoration and beaver-assisted biodiversity enhancement: in February 2026 Nattergal released a family of beavers from Scotland into the West Glen River in Lincolnshire, generating the UK's first beaver-created biodiversity credits. The company collaborates with academic institutions on biodiversity recovery research and monitoring, building proprietary scientific baselines that underpin credit verification.

Nattergal's commercial model monetizes nature recovery primarily through the sale of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) credits to developers and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) operators who must offset biodiversity impacts under the UK Environment Act 2021. Beyond regulatory BNG credits, the company generates revenue from voluntary biodiversity credits (distributed through Earthly), emerging natural capital markets (carbon credits, water quality, and other ecosystem service payments), and ancillary visitor experiences including wildland tours, corporate team away days, scout programs, and volunteering. Pricing is transaction-based, quote-dependent, and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with the company directly engaging landowners, farmers, and land managers to assemble its land bank and selling BNG credits directly to developers via dedicated web channels.

The company raised a £40 million seed round in October 2024, led by Lansdowne Partners with Aviva as a key institutional investor and board advisor. Nattergal operates within Defra's Landscape Recovery scheme (backed by £500 million of government funding) and maintains strategic partnerships with infrastructure consultancy Arup, United Utilities, and United Bank of Carbon. The company employs 11–50 people, is registered as a private limited company in England (company No. 13661114), and is positioning nature recovery as an investable asset class combining ecological restoration with returns from emerging natural capital markets.

Name

Nattergal

Legal name

Nattergal

Website

https://nattergal.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nattergal is a UK-based nature restoration company that acquires and manages degraded land for rewilding, generating revenue primarily through Biodiversity Net Gain credits sold to developers and infrastructure operators under UK mandatory offsetting regulations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nature Restoration and Biodiversity Offsetting Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) / No Net Loss Planning & Metrics (EUAHAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timberland Carbon & Natural Capital Project Development (Offsets/REDD+) (AFAMAKAH), Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Assessment / Valuation (EUAHAHAI), Grassland/Rangeland Management & Restoration (EUABABAF), Biodiversity, Conservation & Natural Capital Funds (FSANAJAG)

Keywords

• Nature restoration services
• Biodiversity net gain
• Rewilding land management
• Wildland conservation
• Biodiversity credit sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Grantham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Credits: Sale of biodiversity credits to developers and organizations required to offset environmental impact under UK mandatory BNG regulations. Credits are generated through nature recovery projects at Nattergal's wildland sites.
2. Natural Capital Markets: Revenue generation through emerging natural capital markets including carbon credits, water quality markets, and other ecosystem service payments.
3. Land Management and Leasing: Acquisition and management of ecologically degraded land through purchase, lease, or management agreements to create rewilding sites that generate multiple income streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Nattergal acquires, leases, and manages ecologically degraded land across the UK to deliver rewilding and nature recovery at scale. It generates and sells Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) credits to developers and infrastructure operators to meet mandatory UK biodiversity offsetting requirements, and operates a portfolio of three wildland sites (Boothby, High Fen, Harold's Park) that produce these credits and other natural capital market revenues.

Product overview

Nattergal operates a platform of rewilding properties across the UK, including three named Wildlands (Boothby, High Fen, and Harold's Park) that serve as the foundation for their nature restoration activities. Their core commercial products center on Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) credits—including standard BNG, BNG for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, and voluntary credits through Earthly—enabling developers and organizations to meet biodiversity offsetting requirements. The Wildlands portfolio also supports ancillary revenue through visitor experiences (tours, team away days, Scouts programs, and volunteering opportunities). The company positions nature recovery as an investable asset class, combining ecological restoration with sustainable financial returns through natural capital markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boothby Wildland A rewilding site in Lincolnshire managed by Nattergal as part of the ELMs Landscape Recovery project, contributing to nature recovery and biodiversity enhancement, and acting as a BNG credit generation asset.
• High Fen Wildland A rewilding site in Norfolk where Nattergal conducts nature restoration activities to recover biodiversity and bring functioning natural processes, generating BNG and other natural capital credits.
• Harold's Park Wildland
• Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Credits Statutory biodiversity credits that UK developers and land managers can purchase to meet the mandatory 10% Biodiversity Net Gain requirements under the Environment Act 2021, generated from Nattergal's wildland sites.
• BNG for NSIPs Biodiversity Net Gain credits specifically designed for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), enabling large-scale infrastructure developers to offset biodiversity impacts as part of Development Consent Order compliance.
• Beaver-Created Biodiversity Credits
• Wildland Tours & Experiences Educational and recreational guided tours of Nattergal's rewilding sites, allowing visitors to connect with nature and witness restoration efforts in person.
• Team Away Days Corporate team-building experiences hosted at Nattergal's wildland sites, providing businesses with nature-based activities and environmental education.
• Scouts Program Youth engagement programme for Scout groups, enabling visits to and learning about Nattergal's wildland ecosystems and nature restoration work.
• Volunteering & Groups Volunteer programmes and group activities enabling community participation in wildland management and conservation work at Nattergal's sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• First beaver-created biodiversity credits launched in the UK

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• ArupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2025Arup partnered with Nattergal on the Boothby Wildland project as part of the Landscape Recovery scheme, illustrating emerging models for financing nature recovery through private sector collaboration.
• United Bank of CarbonflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2025United Bank of Carbon collaborated with Nattergal and United Utilities on the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery project, representing a multi-stakeholder approach to nature-based financing.
• United UtilitiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 December 2025United Utilities partnered with Nattergal and United Bank of Carbon on the Upper Duddon project, contributing to a collaborative model for financing nature recovery with water quality market applications.
• Natural EnglandcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 2 December 2025Natural England delivers the Landscape Recovery scheme through which Nattergal participates, requiring projects to blend public and private finance for nature-based initiatives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Environment Bank: UK-based specialist provider of biodiversity net gain credits to developers and infrastructure projects. Environment Bank directly competes with Nattergal in originating and selling statutory BNG units under the Environment Act 2021, making it the closest head-to-head comparable.
• Earthly: Voluntary biodiversity and nature-based credits platform that partners with Nattergal for distribution. Earthly competes in the same voluntary BNG and ecosystem services credit market and shares comparable project origination and buyer relationships.
• Wilder Land: UK rewilding and nature recovery company that acquires and restores land to generate biodiversity and carbon credits. Wilder Land operates in the same regulatory framework and targets similar developer and corporate buyers as Nattergal.

Emerging players

• Beaver Trust: UK charity focused on beaver reintroduction and wetland restoration. Beaver Trust is a methodological and ecosystem-level peer given Nattergal's pioneering beaver-created biodiversity credits and shared focus on keystone-species-driven restoration.
• Patch: API-based platform that enables businesses to purchase carbon and biodiversity credits, including nature-based credits. Patch overlaps with Nattergal at the buyer interface for voluntary biodiversity offsetting.
• Cloverly: Carbon and ecosystem services credit marketplace serving enterprise buyers. Cloverly competes in the voluntary nature-based credit distribution layer that Nattergal reaches via Earthly.

Broad incumbents

• The Wildlife Trusts: Large UK conservation movement with extensive land holdings engaged in habitat restoration and increasingly in BNG credit origination. The Wildlife Trusts represent a broader, established incumbent with overlapping land restoration activities and emerging BNG market participation.
• South Pole Group: Global climate solutions provider active in carbon, biodiversity, and nature-based credit origination and advisory. South Pole operates in overlapping ecosystem services markets and competes for corporate nature-based credit buyers.

Others

• NatureMetrics: UK-based nature monitoring and biodiversity measurement company using eDNA and remote sensing. NatureMetrics is an adjacent enabling provider whose measurement infrastructure underpins BNG credit verification across the market.
• Sylvera: Carbon credit ratings and analytics company expanding into nature-based credit assessment. Sylvera is an adjacent ecosystem participant whose ratings influence buyer confidence in credits originated by Nattergal and peers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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