Future Nature WTC

A view of a town with trees in the foreground

Photo by Zsuzsanna Bird

Future Nature WTC

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Future Nature Ecological Services

Future Nature WTC is Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust’s wholly-owned Ecological Consultancy, providing a comprehensive range of professional ecological and environmental services to clients including local authorities, commercial companies, utility and infrastructure providers and homeowners. 

For a no-obligation quote or advice on ecology surveys, ecological assessments, biodiversity net gain calculations, tree surveys and a host of other services, please contact us.

Our services

A researcher holding bat detecting equipment at twilight

Bat survey. Photo by Tom Marshall

Future Nature

Ecology Services

Future Nature WTC provides a wide range of ecology surveys and assessment reports, including Protected Species Surveys for bats, badgers, great crested newts and reptiles, Botanical Surveys, Bird Surveys, Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessment, Ecological Clerk Of Works, GIS Mapping and Data Records Searches.

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Two common pipistrelle bats lying between roof tiles

Common pipistrelle bats by Tom Marshall

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Bat survey quote & order

Has your Local Planning Authority asked you for a bat survey for your planning application?

We can help. Our team of experienced Ecologists provide bat surveys throughout Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and neighbouring counties.

Click on the link below to find out more, then use our easy online quotation tool to order your survey.

Our service includes a detailed report for you to submit to the Planning Authority, and we can help if additional surveys are required.

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Concept art for The Wildlife Trusts' Wilder Spaces garden

Concept art for The Wildlife Trusts' Wilder Spaces garden entry to the RHS Malvern 2023 spring festival, co-designed with Oxford Garden Design. Collage inspired by artist Henri Rousseau.

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Wildlife Gardening Services

From a walkover with verbal advice for a few hundred pounds, up to a complete garden transformation design and build service, Future Nature can provide the expertise to ensure that biodiversity and beauty are seamlessly combined. Habitat creation, concepts and construction, planting schemes, ecological assessments and after-care maintenance plans, are just some of the services we offer. Working with our specialist garden design partners, we create wildlife-friendly green spaces, without compromising on aesthetic appeal and functionality.

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Woman surveying flowers

Photo by Matthew Roberts

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Biodiversity Services

The range of biodiversity services Future Nature WTC offers includes Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments using the DEFRA Metrics, Habitat Management Plans, Biodiversity Offsets and Habitat Banking, Building With Nature Accreditation for Developers, The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark Certification for commercial organisations, and advice on Green Infrastructure and new landscape creation. 

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Wild flower margin in farmland

Wild flower margin by James Adler

Land & Farm Advice Service

BBOWT manages 2,700 hectares of land, including 800 hectares in agricultural use.  Our Land Service Advisors draw upon 60 years of experience to offer specialist guidance on a range of land-related matters including Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs), Farmer Clusters and training days, Countryside Stewardship, Catchment Area projects, Regenerative Agriculture schemes, Rewilding, Habitat creation, Ecological Assessments and soil condition surveys.

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About us

Future Nature WTC is one of 23 Wildlife Trust Consultancies (WTCs) operating throughout the UK, and as with all of our WTC partners, the profits from our consultancy work are reinvested back into our local Wildlife Trust.

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Future Nature WTC
Meadow Farm, Thame Road, Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, OX25 1TW

Tel: 0300 124 0958

Email: enquiries@futurenaturewtc.co.uk

Company no: 680007. VAT registered: 294772260