'Ripe for rewilding': Nattergal to restore 'largely ecologically degraded' Essex farm

Stuart Stone
clock • 4 min read
Credit: Nattergal
Image:

Credit: Nattergal

Nature restoration firm acquires historic Harold's Park in Essex as it unveils plans to restore local biodiversity and sell Biodiversity Net Gain credits to local developers

Nature restoration firm Nattergal has purchased an 11th century former mixed farm site in Essex once used by Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson for hunting deer and is now poised to turn the site into the...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Stuart Stone
Author spotlight

Stuart Stone

View profile
More from Stuart Stone

'Move away from blanket policies': How can businesses develop an effective heat plan?

Friendship's Runa Khan: 'Every failure taught us to think holistically'

More on Biodiversity

Woodland Trust calls on government to allocate a fifth of £1bn tree planting budget to urban 'tree deserts'
Biodiversity

Woodland Trust calls on government to allocate a fifth of £1bn tree planting budget to urban 'tree deserts'

Just 14 per cent of people living in England have access to woodland within a 500 metre walk of their home, conservation charity warns

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 14 July 2026 • 4 min read
Government plots path to protecting 30 per cent of England for nature by 2030
Biodiversity

Government plots path to protecting 30 per cent of England for nature by 2030

Defra's 30x30 delivery plan comes backed by £37m in funding to help National Parks and landscapes step up nature recovery efforts - but campaigners claim new strategy remains badly underpowered

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 13 July 2026 • 8 min read
West Yorkshire unveils inaugural nature plan to bolster climate resilience
Biodiversity

West Yorkshire unveils inaugural nature plan to bolster climate resilience

New strategy aims to boost nature as part of efforts to protect region from extreme weather such as heatwaves and flooding

Amber Rolt
clock 09 July 2026 • 2 min read