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Fauna NATURE RESERVES IN SKÅNE COUNTY The marine animals around Kullaberg are in the main the same as those which occur northwards along the whole of the rocky west coast. In addi- tion to a rich fish life, there are a whole range of crustaceans, sea-urchins, molluscs and mussels, of which several species are extreme rarities. Among the vertebrates, rabbit and roe deer are very common. Fox and Kullaberg is situated furthest badger are common. out on the Kulla peninsula in Of the 275 or more species of bird observed in the Kullaberg area, some northwestern Scania, between ninety are breeding species. The most common are willow warbler, chaf- Skälderviken bay and the Kullaberg finch, blackbird, wood pigeon and robin. Corvids are often seen soaring northern approaches of the above the escarpment, including ravens which for many years were absent straits of Öresund. There are from Kullaberg. Raptors include common buzzard and sparrow hawk. excellent road connections, both Storms from the north-west bring in unusual oceanic birds from the Atlantic with the E 4 and the E 6. such as fulmar, gannet, kittiwake and skuas. There are car parks both at the Both grass snake and adder are to be found on Kullaberg, lizards are reserves themselves and at common and amphibians thrive in the boggy areas. Mölle and Arild. Invertebrate life on Kullaberg has been closely studied. Many species of insect, spider, slug and snail are found here, several of which are extremely Please remember that: rare. The gnarled and stunted hanging woods in particular house a multitude * You must not cause damage to the land or the rocks of invertebrates. On the south cliffs, for example, is the ”decorator spider”, Anno 1900 * You must not pick flowers or break off twigs on bushes or trees the only relative of the bird spider (Atynus affinis) occurring in the Nordic * You must always show consideration to people and animals region. visited the mountain. Mölle developed into a prominent tourist resort, and * Dogs must always be kept on a lead when Kullagården burnt down in 1900, all tourist activity became concentra- * Camping, either in tents or in caravans etc. is not allowed Recent history ted in Mölle. It was during this time, that various locations on Kullaberg * Open fires/barbeque are permitted only in specially designated places. Even if Kullaberg was earlier visited by many travellers - of whom Carl von were given their present-day romantic names, such as Kullamannen´s grave, Please note that in dry weather or at other times of high fire danger, a total Linné was the most well-known - the first tourists began to arrive in the Waldemar´s grotto and so on. Not least as a result of pressure from tourists, ban of fires may be issued. 1860´s. Visits became organised, and the owner of Kullagården began to run the owner of Krapperup offered the outermost part of the headland for sale. it as a country inn. During the 1870`s, the farm and thus all of Kullaberg, In order partly to prevent the area being subjected to foreign extraction The regulations which apply in the reserves - somewhat different in Western was transferred into the Krapperup ownership. Tourism nevertheless conti- exploitation, Skåne´s Society for the Protection of Nature intervened. A col- and Eastern Kullaberg - are set out on the notices displayed at the entrances nued, gradually increasing. In the main it was Danes and Germans who lection was made, leading to the acquisition of Western Kullaberg as far as and along the trails. Djupadal in 1914, which was from then on managed by Kullaberg Nature Ltd. In 1971, the area was officially declared a nature reserve, and in 1997 it Contact information was taken over by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is now Naturum Kullaberg - exhibition & information managed by the County Administrative Board of Skåne. Tel. +46 (0)42 347 056 The eastern part of Kullaberg remained in the Krapperup ownership. It [email protected] was declared a nature reserve in 1965. Two years later, Baron Gustaf Kullaberg Naturreservat Gyllenstierna transferred Krapperup keep and its surrounding park, together Blåkullavägen 6-6 with eastern Kullaberg to an administrative foundation, the Gyllenstierna 260 42 Mölle Krapperup Foundation. www.kullabergsnatur.se After the Second World War, Mölle ceased to be a fashionable tourist resort and the stream of tourists to Kullaberg declined. Today, however, the Further information: Kullaberg nature reserves are the most heavily visited in Sweden. Western County Administrative Gyllenstiernska Krapperup Kullaberg has more than 300,000 visitors per annum, and the promontory as Board of Skåne Foundation a whole is visited by several thousand more. The whole headland is an open Department of Environment Krapperup HIMMELSTORPSGÅRDEN recreation area. The maintenance of the area includes increasing the acreage 205 15 MALMÖ 260 41 NYHAMNSLÄGE Luxuriant deciduous woodland surrounds of broad-leafed woodland and restoring heathlands. In Western Kullaberg, Tel. +46 (0)40-252 222, 252 000 Tel. +46 (0)42-344 060, 344 190 the half-timbered, closed-yard manor farm more intensive management lays particular emphasis on special attention www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane www.krapperup.se of Himmelstorp, situated on the slopes of towards scientific and cultural-historical values. Local supervisor +46 (0)42-347 201 Eastern Kullaberg. The farm is already mentioned in 1491, but the present buil- KULLEN LIGHTHOUSE Maintenance Municipality of Höganäs Swedish Environmental dings, which are recognised as of historic Furthest out at Kullaberg Point, high up The area is maintained by the County Administrative Board of Skåne and the Town Hall Protection Agency importance, were erected during the first Gyllenstierna Krapperup Foundation. 263 82 HÖGANÄS 106 48 STOCKHOLM on the cliffs, 78.5 meters above sea level, half of the 1800´s. Kullen´s local folk-lore Tel. +46 (0)42-337 100 stands Kullen Lighthouse. It was built in society administers the farm, and visitors Tel. +46 (0)8-698 10 00 www.hoganas.se 1900, and is Scandinavia´s most power- are welcome to view the interior from 15 www.naturvardsverket.se ful light with a standard candle-power of May to 1 September. Mid-summer festivities Production: County Administrative Board of Skåne 3.8 million. The first beacon dates back to are celebrated in traditional fashion on 23 Text and photographs: Lars Påhlsson the 1500´s, and consisted of an iron June, and an autumn festival is held in Older photographs: Peter P Lundh COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD hanging basket in which either wood or August.Light refreshments are available English translation: John Beal OF SKÅNE coal was burnt. Kullen Lighthouse is open (larger parties should book in advance). Repro and Type-setting: AmuHadar Prepress, Malmö to the public. Revised edition 2009 0 500m Bloody cranesbill (Geranium Dwarf cornel (Corneus suecica) sanguineum) at Ransvik on the north cliffs ROADS Woodland CART TRACK In the pine woods, wavy hair-grass is virtually the only plant, the herbs FOOTHPATH being almost non-existent. Ferns, brambles and scattered junipers occur Main southern trail locally. Similar vegetation is to be found in the older spruce plantations, but Main northern trail in the younger, ground vegetation is totally absent. The beech and oak Connection trails woods are more herb-rich. Certainly, there are exclusively wavy hair-grass Bird protection area, woods, but wood anemonies bloom profusely in the spring, and such species no admittance 1/3-15/7 as common cow-wheat, wood stitchwort, yellow archangel and woodruff KULLABERG are common. In the ravines and along the banded rock stratas, blue anemo- nies, yellow anemonies, dog´s mercury and ramsons are to be found. In No matter where you are in northwestern Skåne (Scania), you can usually see occur. Folds and cracks form interesting patterns in the rock. The larger that oak wood was the dominant cover. some areas, such rarities as the fumitory, Corydalis cava, and perennial Kullaberg headland silhouetted against the skyline, the promontory rising cracks are filled with black to brownish types of rock.These intrusive rocks Man had already occupied Kullaberg during the stone age, and remains honesty may be found. Honeysuckle and ivy cling to trees and grow along prominently with steep precipices towards the straits of Öresund and bay of lie in bands, mainly across the peninsula from south to north, and consist have been found for example in the caves such as at Visitgrottan. Other ancient the ground. Towards the sea cliffs, the oak woods become more stunted and Skälderviken, and sloping down towards the flat plains to the south. Woods, mainly of amphiboles and porphyrites. Along the length of the peninsula are remains in the form of burial mounds and stone circles at Kockenhus, contain elements of ash and lime. Damp places are usually dominated by fragmentary heathland and wild escarpments stand in stark contrast to the fissures with a similar type of rock known as diabase, or, in its special form, Himmelstorp and Bränneslyckan tell of further activity both on and near the alder, ash and lime. otherwise predominantly cultivated countryside. Lying at the foot of the "kullaite". These dark areas occur, for example, at Josefinelust, Käringmalen mountain. escarpment are the idyllic settlements of Mölle, Arild and Brunnby old and at the Diamond rocks south of Ransvik. During the 1500´s, the owners of Kullaberg were obliged to maintain a Ling and juniper heathland church village. To the south, near the shore of Öresund stands Krapperup beacon furthest out on the point. During this time, probably all the woodland On the dry, wind-exposed heights are the remains of the old ling-heath keep with moat and mounds, surrounded by a large park, which is open to Types of terrain was felled, and when the first detailed maps of Kullaberg were produced in commons.

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