Discover Skåne’S Nature Reserves Title: Discover Skåne’S Nature Reserves

Discover Skåne’s Nature Reserves Title: Discover Skåne’s nature reserves

Published By: Länsstyrelsen i Skåne län (County Administrative Board of Skåne)

Order address: Länsstyrelsen i Skåne län Miljöavdelningen 205 15 Malmö Tel 010-224 10 00 [email protected]

Text: Maria Sandell

Layout: Maria Sandell and Fredrik Collijn

Photo: Foto: Anders Hallengren (s. 83, 93, 101), Björn Olsson (s. 7, 30), Britta Johansson (s11), Carina Zätterström (s. 37), Gunilla Davidsson Lundh (s. 50, 51, 96 (hö), 97), Hans Cronert/Skånska bilder (s. 24, 65, 70, 84, 111, 113), Helena Bager (s. 44), Henrik Malmqvist/Skånska bilder (s. 29, 80, 115), Ida Lundqvist (s. 102), Johan Wagnström (s. 103), Johanna Ragnarsson (s. 82 (vä)), Jonas Gustafsson (s. 76), Kenneth Eriksson/ Skånska bilder (s. 66,, 92, Kerstin Söderlind (s. 21, 64), Magnus Berglund (s. 86, 87), Maria Sandell (s 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 31, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 55, 63, 72, 73, 88, 89, 96 (hö), 99, 105, 109,) Mayra Caldiz (s. 54), Mikael Arinder/Skånska bilder (s. 12, 35, 56, 95, 104, 107, 108, 112, 116), Mona Persson (s. 68, 69, 71, 78), Nils Carlsson (s. 74), Per Blomberg/Skånska bilder (s. 26, 27, 40, 41, 58, 82 (vä), 100), Per Levenskog (s. 18), Per-Magnus Åhren (s. 20, 22, 23, 30, 48, 53, 57, 62, 94), Per Nyström (s. 32, 33, 106), Peter Johnsen/Skånska bilder (s. 2, 19, 76)

Printed by: Elanders AB

ISBN: 978-91-87423-27-7

Europeiska jordbruksfonden för landsbygdsutveckling: Europa investerar i landbygdsområden 2 discover skåne’s nature reserves Preface

Skåne is a beautiful county with a varied landscape. Coast in three directions. Undulating fields of canola seed. Deep forests. Steep cliffs. Expansive plains. Coastal meadows rich in bird-life. Skåne is also home to animal and plant species that are found nowhere else in Sweden. The county harbours the greatest variety of species, but also the largest number of endangered species of any in Sweden. This is why it is important to protect Skåne’s biodiversity. Skåne is the most densely-populated county after Stockholm, and the population is increasing. The result is significant pressure to commercially exploit certain parts of the county. This is another reason why it is critical that we safeguard Skåne’s unique natural resources. Aside from protecting biodiversity, it is also important to preserve the beautiful natural environment for future generations. The natural environment contributes to our quality of life, and it is thanks to nature reserves that beautiful natural environments can be preserved for future generations. Skåne is home to a large number of nature reserves – over 250 in fact. Steep cliffs and captivating scenery can be found along coast at Bjärekusten in the north-west. Flommen in the south-west is one of the country’s most important resting places for migratory birds. Dunderbäcken in the north-east offers lush broad-leaved woodlands as a habitat for many different species. Many uncommon butterflies, beetles and other insects thrive in Vitemölla in the south-east thanks to the patches of exposed sand and area-specific plants. These are just four examples of the protected natural areas in Skåne that we think are particularly worth a visit. They all offer something unique. The idea is for this book to be a meaningful guide to the nature of Skåne.

Which nature reserve do you choose?

discover skåne’s nature reserves 3 Contents

Preface ...... 2 Nordost Protected nature in Skåne ...... 6 27 Balsberget ...... 64 Allemansrätten ...... 10 28 Boarps hed ...... 66 29 Dunderbäcken ...... 68 30 Fjälkinge backe ...... 70 Nordväst 31 Kullaskogen ...... 72 1 Axeltorps skogar ...... 12 32 Ljungryda-Östafors ...... 74 2 Bjärekusten ...... 14 33 Näsums bokskogar ...... 76 3 Borgen ...... 16 34 Osby skansar ...... 78 4 Grevie åsar ...... 18 35 Ubbalt ...... 80 5 Gällabjer ...... 20 36 Åraslövs mosse ...... 82 6 Hallands Väderö ...... 22 37 Äspet ...... 84 7 Herrevadskloster ...... 24 38 Örnanäs ...... 86 8 Kullaberg ...... 26 9 Hilleshögs dalar ...... 28 Sydost 10 Kulla Gunnarstorp ...... 30 39 Borstbäcken ...... 88 11 Möllehässle / Nabben ...... 32 40 Bäckhälladal ...... 90 12 Svedberga kulle ...... 34 41 Drakamöllan ...... 92 13 Söderåsens nationalpark ...... 36 42 Gyllebo ...... 94 14 Traneröds mosse ...... 38 43 Kronovall ...... 96 15 Vens backafall ...... 40 44 Listarum ...... 98 16 Ängelholms strandskog ...... 42 45 Sandhammaren ...... 100 46 Stenshuvuds nationalpark ...... 102 Sydväst 47 Sträntemölla ...... 104 17 Dalby Söderskog nationalpark . . . . . 44 48 Svartskylle ...... 106 18 Eksholm ...... 46 49 Vitemölla ...... 108 19 Flommen ...... 48 20 Hunneröds mosse ...... 50 All nature reservese in Skåne ...... 110 21 Häckeberga med Risen ...... 52 22 Hästhagen ...... 54 23 Klingavälsån ...... 56 24 Knivsåsen ...... 58 25 Rövarekulan ...... 60 26 Salsviken ...... 62

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discover skåne’s nature reserves 5 Protected nature in skåne

Skåne’s Unique Natural Resources that runs from the salt water in the Kattegat to Skåne’s landscape is markedly different from the brackish water of the Baltic. that of the rest of Sweden, with natural environ- Skåne is the most northern outpost for ments and species that are not found in other many species; consequently, these are found parts of the country. The county is a meeting nowhere else in the country. This is one of the place for species from the north, south, east reasons why Skåne is the county that contains and west of Europe. The geological boundary the largest number of endangered plant and between the Archaean rock in the north with animal species and is where the largest number its poor soil and the more nutrient-rich soil of of species have already become extinct. Skåne central Europe runs through Skåne. has a specific responsibility to protect and This is also where the biological boundary preserve its diversity of species and habitats. runs between the boreal region, which Many of Skåne’s habitats and species are includes the natural range of the spruce, and also worth protecting with regards to the the continental region with its broad-leaved international context, as equivalent environ- forests. Going from west to east, you can also ments have completely-- or for the most see the boundary between the so-called part-- vanished from the European continent. ’Atlantic habitats’ in the north-west and the Certain natural environments, which may be ‘Sandy habitats’ of eastern Skåne. There is also considered relatively common in Skåne, are a great variety of species and habitats in the extremely valuable from a European and inter- ocean along the salt concentration gradient national perspective and their protection is very important.

Why Do We Have Nature Reserves? Today, the need to protect valuable natural areas and species for the future is greater than it has ever been in the history of mankind. The current intensive use of the soil and the forest means that animals and plants find it harder and harder to thrive in Skåne’s countryside. Increased population growth leads to a fight between different interests over the available land and, in the long-term, there is a risk that large portions of Skåne’s natural areas will disappear. A large number of species are threatened with extinction in Sweden since their habitats have disappeared. Society has several ways of preserving environments that are worthy of protection for the future, the most common of which is the

6 discover skåne’s nature reserves nature reserve. Nature reserves are created for Natura 2000 the long-term preservation and development Natura 2000 encompasses valuable natural of natural environments that have a high value areas with species or habitats that are parti- for animals and plants. Access to a diversity of cularly worthy of protection from a European outdoor pursuits is another aim. perspective. Many of the Natura 2000 areas are The County Administrative Board create the protected as national parks or nature reserves. majority of nature reserves, but the municipalities also have the opportunity to do so. Nature Natural Monuments reserves can be created on both publicly and Natural monuments protect specific natural privately-owned land. The land’s owner will objects. These can be giant trees, avenues or normally receive compensation as the protec- glacial-erratic boulders. There are 51 natural tion of nature may result in restrictions in their monuments in Skåne; mainly ancient trees. right to use and enjoy their property. Ramsar How Are Nature Reserves Created? Valuable wetlands are protected through an Nature reserves are created with the support international convention (the Ramsar Conven- of the Swedish Environmental Code; the follo- tion on Wetlands). Skåne has several Ramsar wing grounds for the establishment of a nature areas, including Klingavälsån and the Vomb reserve are contained in this law: Meadows. • to preserve biodiversity • to protect and preserve valuable natural Biosphere Reserves environments Biosphere reserves represent a new approach • to meet the need for areas for outdoor to nature conservation and sustainable recreation development. The thought behind this is that • to protect, restore or create valuable people should be able to live and develop in natural environments these areas at the same time as society tests • to protect, restore or create habitats for new knowledge and techniques to sustainably species worthy of protection manage the relationship between people and nature – to both utilise and preserve it. Other Ways to Protect Nature Kristianstads Vattenrike is one of Sweden’s five National parks biosphere reserves. There are currently 29 national parks in Sweden. They protect and preserve often large Simply Protecting Nature Is Not Sufficient contiguous areas of a certain type of natural We often hear that undisturbed natural environment. They will represent various types environments are becoming ever more rare of landscape in Sweden. The state always owns and require protection; however, nature all of the land in a national park. Here in Skåne worth protecting is just as often found in our there are three national parks, Söderåsen, cultivated landscape. Here in Skåne, a large Stenshuvud and Dalby Söderskog. proportion of the biodiversity has a strong

discover skåne’s nature reserves 7 The definition of ”outdoor recreation” is no longer simply hiking in the wilderness with a tent and a camping stove. Meditation within nature, mountain biking and geocaching are new ways to experience the outdoors. Horse- riding, bird-watching or mushroom-picking are other activities. However, there are many people who simply wish to be able to enjoy nature by spending time together in the outdoors - on a picnic blanket - without special connection to the ancient cultural landscape. equipment or preparations. People have been involved in shaping the It is up to the individual how one wishes landscape for thousands of years. Low-density to experience our nature reserves – provided forests in which animals once grazed, coppiced you stick to the reserve’s rules. You can enjoy trees, hay meadows, heather-covered heaths, the totality and the tranquillity without having agroforests and pastures – these were home to concern yourself with nature’s constituent to many species. Human utilisation of the parts in the form of the species and habitats. landscape now looks very different. Protec- Or you can bring a magnifying glass and tion of nature thus involves not simply that we investigate the flowers, insects, lichens and protect valuable areas for the future, but also mosses. Alone or with others, a short visit or that we must manage Skåne’s nature reserves an overnight stay. to prevent the disappearance of these vital habitats. In certain cases we must also recreate or further develop natural environments. Skåne’s nature reserves welcome you Nature Reserves - A resource for mankind all year round. Nature reserves do not exist simply for animals and plants. Promoting outdoor recreation has been one of the grounds for the establishment of nature reserves, not least in places that are close to built-up areas, where this can constitute a compelling reason for the establishment of a reserve. Nature is important for people. Innume- rable studies have shown the positive impact of spending time in the outdoors; a source of inspiration and a place to recover. Skåne’s nature reserves exist for its people, just as much as for its animals and plants.

8 discover skåne’s nature reserves The information box Each reserve is presented contains facts about the with a written overview. reserve. This also contains the GPS coordinates for the reserve’s car park.

SyDVäSt • Dalby SöDerSkog DON’T MISS 17 Dalby Söderskog For each reserve we Dalby Söderskog är som vackrast om våren. En konsert av fågelsång och en matta veden. Deras bohål utnyttjas så småningom av vitsippor, gulsippor och nunneört möter dig i månadskiftet april/maj. Men av ekorrar och fåglar som staren, skogsduvan have selected something Sveriges minsta nationalpark är värd ett besök även i den djupa sommargrönskan och flugsnapparen eller vinterns karga landskap.. En ljuvlig grönska that is particularly worth Att frysa ett ögonblick i tiden almträden. I ljusluckor som bildas när döda Den rika växtligheten beror på att det är gott Nationalparken bildades 1918 för att bevara almar faller kommer idag asken. Målbilden om kalk i marken. Mångfalden visar sig i de vad man då beskrev som en sydsvensk lövskog. med nationalparken idag skiljer sig därför från många vårblommorna med hålnunneört och seeing. This might be Men i själva verket har Dalby Söderskog både ursprungsbilden. Nu utvecklas Dalby Söder- orkidéer som Sankt Pers nycklar och näsrot. varit skog och trädklädd betesmark. Förr lät skog mot en spännande ”naturskog” med Den tid då trädens löv inte ännu skuggar man ofta träd växa i betesmarken. Här i Dalby stor variation i trädslag. Nästa generation av markens växter har den rikaste blomningen. a species, but can may hage skapades en pelarsal av ek och bok med besökare kommer få uppleva nya sidor av Halva nationalparken omsluts av en märklig grönskimrande matta. Genom att förbjuda skogen. och intressant jordvall. Det kan vara rester av bete när nationalparken bildades förändrades en gammal fornborg medan en annan teori also be something else förutsättningarna och skogen började leva Träden har liv efter döden hävdar att det är rester av inhägnaden till en medeltida kunglig jaktpark. sitt eget liv. De stora ekarna som dominerade De döda träden får ligga kvar där de en gång Hålnunneörten är nationalparkens ssymbolart. när nationalparken bildades är idag inte lika fallit. De blir till bostad och mat åt svampar och you shouldn’t miss. framträdande. insekter. Håll utkik efter bokoxen, en mindre Idag finns här istället mycket bok, alm och släkting till ekoxen. Hackspettarna trivs ask. Almsjukan har dock gått hårt åt de stora eftersom det finns gott om mat i den döda Om reservatet • Bildat 1918. Ligger i Lunds kommun • Storleken är 36 hektar Sevärt Vårens blomsterprakt med nunneörten , nationalparken som finns i både vit och lila vrsion. RARE Dalby Söderskog Sällsynt Bokoxen WGS 84 lat 55.6722 long 13.3306 För besökaren A rare and special Grillplats och bord med bänkar vid parkeringen. Handikappsanpassad slinga med bord och bänkar. Dalby species that you can find in this reserve.

Vägbeskrivning Nationalparkern ligger i nordvästra utkanten av Dalby. Avfart från väg 16 mellan Lund och Dalby, cykelväg från Lund. Busshållplats Dalby busstation + 1,5 km promenad. Dalby Söderskog gränsar till naturreservatet Dalby Norreskog och det finns en markerad vandringsled från Skryllegården.

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The map shows the nature This is where you’ll find directions reserve and its car park, as to the reserve. You can also find well as the nearest town. out what the closest public trans- port stop/station is.

National Parks, Nature Reserves and a Culture Reserve In this book we present a selection of the areas In most of the nature reserves you’ll find signs of protected nature that are found in Skåne. with detailed maps and more information This is but a handful of the nature reserves that about the local nature. you may visit. The selection reflects the variety of different You can also find more information on our environments Skåne contains and we have website or by calling the County Administra- also attempted to evenly spread our selection tive Board in Skåne on +46 (0)10-224 1000. throughout the county. There is a list of Skåne’s other nature reserves at the end of the book.

www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane/naturreservat

discover skåne’s nature reserves 9 Make the most of nature’s hospitality

Everyone is Welcome in the Outdoors must be kept on a lead in many reserves. Allemansrätten (the legal right of public access There are information signs for each area that to private land in Sweden) provides a unique indicate what rules apply to that particular opportunity for everyone to roam freely in nature reserve. the outdoors. However, we also need to take On the county administrative board’s website responsibility for nature and animal life and you can also find information about the rules show consideration for landowners and other that apply to all nature reserves. visitors. Specific rules often apply to national parks Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding and nature reserves that limit the right of You can walk almost anywhere in the outdoors. access. Camping or building fires may not be You may enter enclosed pasture and go over permitted in the reserve, for example. Dogs fences, provided you do not damage the fences or scare the livestock. Always close gates behind you so that the animals cannot escape. It may be forbidden to drive motor vehicles on private roads, but you are always permitted to walk, cycle or ride a horse on the road if you show consideration and do not cause any damage. You may ride a horse freely in the outdoors, but consider the risk of damaging the land when choosing a route. We all share the roads and paths, therefore, you must be considerate when cycling or horse-riding. The right of public access does not apply to private gardens or land under cultivation.

Pick Berries, Mushrooms and Flowers You are free to pick flowers, berries and mushrooms, however, certain mushrooms and flowers are protected by law; these may not be picked. There may also be specific rules that apply in national parks and nature reserves. You may not fell trees or break off their branches. You may not dig up plants.

10 discover skåne’s nature reserves Fires and Camping of nature reserves. The purpose is to protect You may make fires in the outdoors, but it is the wild animals, but this also makes it possible important to choose a place in which there for other people to experience the outdoors is no risk of the fire spreading or damaging without the risk of meeting dogs running vegetation. In many nature reserves, you may about on the loose. only make fires in prepared barbecue sites; always check the rules for the reserve you are visiting. You may only take branches that have fallen; you may not chop down trees or branches. You may camp in one place for a single 24 hour period in the outdoors without asking the landowner for permission, but please ensure that you choose a site that does not disturb or damage the wildlife. Several nature reserves TA EJ MED HUND under betesperioden! have ready-prepared windbreaks that you can Korna kan bli aggressiva spend the night in. DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG We needduring to have the cows, grazing horses period! and sheep on Dogs in the Outdoors our pasturesThe cows as, without can be grazing, aggressive the land will Between 1 March and 20 August, inclusive, become overgrown. Horses and cows are nor- you must closely supervise your dog. In most mally passive, but this cannot be guaranteed. cases, this means that your dog must be kept If you bring your dog with you, please avoid getting close to the animals. Grazing animals on a leash. At other times of the year, you must can react aggressively to dogs. Sometimes it ensure that your dog does not chase game. is better to go around the pasture, rather than Dogs must be kept on a leash in the majority tempting fate.

discover skåne’s nature reserves 11 1 Axelstorps skogar

The nature reserve Axeltorps Skogar is on the north-west slope of Hallandsåsen (a high horst ridge that interrupts the flat landscape), only two kilometres from Båstad. A footpath starting in Båstad takes you through a landscape that carries memories of the agriculture that has taken place here since the Bronze Age. Water rushes down the steep slope towards the Sinarp valley through undisturbed woodlands and steep ravines.

White-throated dipper

Ancient Cultivated Land has grown up around them, we can, today, find The remains of man’s work with the earth, huge oaks that once spread out their branches from the Bronze Age onwards, can be found over pasture. Only those parts that were once on Hallandsåsen. In the eastern parts of the fields are still open and now being used for reserve, you can see traces of ancient agricul- pasture and arable farming. The ravines have ture in the form of cairns and terraces where always been wooded as they were hard to use there were once fields. Until the beginning of for agriculture. the 20th century, the area around Axeltorp was part of the open agricultural landscape, with Clean, Clear Water fields and meadows. Brown trout live well in the meandering stream Back then, the agricultural landscape was often Axeltorpsbäcken, eating Caddisfly and Stonefly varied, with a mosaic of trees, bushes and grass- Larvae. The Grey Wagtail and White-throated land. Trees and bushes grew in the meadows Dipper also appreciate the rich supply of larvae and the woodlands were filled with clearings and, if you’re lucky, you may even see one of in which livestock grazed. In the woodland that them perching on a rock in the water.

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Woodland Full of Birds The bird life in Axeltorps Skogar is diverse and exciting. Many different species breed in the varied woodland, and on early summer days, if you stop to look around and listen, you can see and hear woodpeckers, Treecreepers and Stock Doves.

A woodland experience close to a built-up area A walk along Axeltorpsslingan, a path that starts in Båstad, offers both natural and cultural experiences. There are many traces of the presence of humans in this landscape. You will find the remains of many mill races and ponds from the time when water from the streams was used for drive mills.

Båstad More information • Established 2004. • 55,3 ha. • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss The birds around the stream, White- Axelstorps skogar throated Dipper and Grey Wagtail Rare Odontocerum albicorne, a rare caddisfly WSG 84 lat 56.4012, long 12.8364 For Visitors Marked trails.

Directions The reserve is two kilometres south of Båstad. The car park is by Axeltorpsgården. You can also reach the reserve by taking pedestrian and cycle paths from Båstad. The natural and cultural heritage trail Axeltorpsleden goes through the reserve.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 13 2 Bjärekusten

The nature reserve Bjärekusten stretches across large parts of the coast of the Bjäre Peninsula. This protects the unique natural environment and animal life of Bjäre, both on land and in the sea. In the north at places such as Hovs Hallar and Knösen, Archaean rock rises steeply from the sea. The southern coast is flatter with large raised shingle beaches and pasture commons spreading out across the landscape. In calmer waters, beaches with soft sand have been created. Bjärekusten contains enough natural wonders for many days of discovery.

Settled Since Ancient Times Ängelbäcksstrand and the mussel beds by The Bjäre Peninsula was one of the first parts Grytskären are important habitats for fish. of Sweden to be settled by people. Humans Sea-birds, seals and dolphins come here to look have used the land for pasture since times for food. immemorial. Ancient monuments bear witness to our use of the land since the Stone Age. Hovs Hallar Dagshög in the south-western part of the At the very tip of the Bjäre Peninsula lies the reserve is the largest of the 700 turf mounds dramatic landscape around Hovs Hallar; pebble from the early Bronze Age (1800 BCE) that you beaches sandwiched between steep cliffs. It can find on the Bjäre Peninsula. can be difficult to get down to the beach, The foundations of how the land would but once there you can spend a long time be used were laid at this time and persisted investigating the cave-like rock formations, until the agricultural land reforms of the 19th stacks and shoreline. On really stormy days, century. The expanses of land along the coast bird-watchers crouch among the cliffs waiting were the villages’ common pastures. This was for the wind to blow rare sea-birds in from the also where seaweed was collected to use as Atlantic. fertiliser on the arable fields. The wetter land was used as hay meadows in order to provide Coastal Flora and Fauna winder fodder for the animals. The whole of On the grazed coastal meadows you can find the Bjäre Peninsula was a treeless landscape in both breeding waders and small birds such the 18th century. as Northern Wheatear and Common Linnet. Threatened amphibian species such as the The Sea is Full of Life Northern-crested Newt and Natterjack toad The Bjäre Peninsula lies within the zone where live in the coastal wetlands. There is one small, the North Sea meets the Baltic. This is a marine isolated population of Natterjack Toads in the environment with great biodiversity. Currents south-western part. The flora harbours rarities and winds create large variations in the salt such as Lesser Water-plantain, Lesser Skullcap concentration and on the seabed there are and Sea Holly. The latter two are protected by diverse environments with sand, gravel and law. rock. The eelgrass meadows off the coast of

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Many Places to Visit Bjärekusten Nature Reserve is divided into two the south. Beaches that are good for bathing areas and covers almost the whole of the coastal can be found along the south coast. strip from Båstad in the north to Vejbystrand in

naturreservatet More information Bjärekusten 560 ha Established 1971, expanded 1976 Torekov Don’t Miss Hovs hallar Rare Lesser Skullcap, Sea Holly WSG 84 lat 56,4012, long 12.8364 For Visitors The Skåneleden Trail runs through large parts of the reserve. There are toilets at several of the car parks along the coast.

Directions Along the coast, there are several car parks from where it is possible to reach the reserve. The reserve is within walking distance of Torekov. There is a café by the car park at Hovs Hallar.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 15 3 Borgen

Take the train to Skåne’s jungle. From Vallåkra Station you can walk into a hidden valley filled with greenery and bird-song. The fossilised footprints of dinosaurs can be found in the sandstone and clay shale of the ravine; on its edge, there are the remains of an ancient fort.

A Verdant Oasis look out for is the common Centaury which Borgen Nature Reserve in the ravine that runs flowers in high summer, producing pink along the valley of the river Råån is an exciting flowers in the old clay pits in the northern part destination for an excursion. You can combine of the reserve. a hike in the peaceful leafy woodland with a visit to Wallåkra Stenkärlsfabrik where they Dense with Birds make traditional clay pots. The valley was once Few places in Skåne can compete with Borgen part of the open pasture landscape, but now when it comes to the number of breeding birds the woodland has taken over. On the ground in a small area. It is estimated that there are there are exuberant spring flowers including 150 breeding pairs of birds/10 ha – a densely yellow and White Anemones s, Yellow Star-of- populated community of small birds among Bethlehem and Fumewort. A special plant to the trees and shrubs. The Common Chaffinch is

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the most common of over 40 different species the Iron Age and was used for defence by that also include Thrush Nightingale, Hawfinch the people in the area; when enemies were and Common Rosefinch. approaching, they gathered inside its walls.

Dinosaurs and Ancient Forts The ravine is been eroded through sandstone and shale. During the 18th and 19th century, coal was extracted from open-cast mines in the sides of the ravine. Clay was a by-product of this and Wallåkra Stenkärlsfabrik was established in 1864. The clay is still used today in the production of stoneware. Remains have been found of the creatures that lived here when the sandstone and clay was deposited 200 million years ago. When clay was being extracted in the 1970s, a large number of footprints left by a six-metre-long dinosaur, Plateosaurus, were found. The ancient fort (borg in Swedish) on the hill overlooking the river Råån has given its name to the nature reserve. The fort is from

More information • Established 1959, expanded 2001 • 30 ha • Natura 2000 area Borgens Don’t Miss The ancient fort above the ravine naturreservat Rare Common centaury WGS 84 lat: 55.9708 long: 12.8514 For Visitors From Wallåkra Stenkärlsfabrik there is a path suitable for wheelchairs/buggies. Tables and Vallåkra benches up at the ancient fort.

Directions The reserve is in Helsingborg Municipality. You can park at Wallåkra Stenkärlsfabrik on the southern side of the railway line in or in the northern part of the reserve. Railway Station Vallåkra Station.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 17 4 Grevie åsar

The view from the hills at Grevie is magnificent. At their feet lie the Bjäre Peninsula’s cultivated landscape, with the bay of Skälderviken in the background. You can catch a glimpse of Kullaberg across the water. The undulating landscape with its rolling hills invites you to wander or picnic. In spring you can enjoy the thousands of Pasque Flowers that form a purple-dotted carpet on the southern slope.

Glacial Ridges Herbaceous Heaths The grazed ridges, called eskers, lie in a row The ridges of the eskers have never been along the southern slope of Hallandsåsen. They cultivated and thus never fertilised, creating the were created as the inland ice sheet melted conditions for a rich flora. Sustained grazing on 14,000 years ago. Eskers consist of gravel that these dry ridges has created a heather-covered was left behind in the rivers of melt-water heathland that, on the sunny side, is filled when the inland ice sheet retreated. Icebergs with flowers. Here you can find Catsfoot, wild were sometimes left behind in the gravel of the thyme, Meadow Saxifrage and sticky catchfly. melt-waters, when these finally melted, holes – In spring, the hills flourish with the Bjäre which are called kettles – were formed. Eskers are Peninsula’s largest cluster of Pasque Flowers. filled with stones and gravel. Building materials On the shadier northern and north-westerly were often collected here. It is said that Grevie slopes, the heath is more barren. Bilberries, Church was built using stones from these hills. lingonberries and the white-flowered heath bedstraw. Pasque flowers The reserve also contains patches of woodlands with broad-leaved trees and hazel bushes. A stream, Tinabäcken, that flows through the northern part of the reserve is so named because it never freezes in the winter (tina is Swedish for thaw).

Settled Since Time Immemorial Humans have lived on the Bjäre Peninsula since the ice retreated, and the area is filled with the traces of ancient people. The oldest remains are a few large burial mounds from the Bronze Age (3,500 years ago). More numerous are the gravestones and standing stones from the Iron Age (1,500 years ago). The area has been used by humans since the ice retreated, resulting in an open grazed landscape. As time went by, the flat sections

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of the area have been put under the plough introduced across the whole area. Today, several and only the esker ridges have been left as arable fields have been incorporated into the permanent pasture. Over the course of the 20th pastureland. You can follow a track, marked century, grazing decreased and broad-leaved in blue, through the reserve. This easy, three- trees and juniper bushes began taking over. kilometre walk is an experience for those who When the reserve was created in 1962, extensive are interested in both nature and culture. clearances were conducted and grazing was

More information Grevie Established i 1962 106 ha

Don’t Miss The view, Pasque Flowers in spring naturreservatet WGS 84 lat 56.3823 long 12.7469 Grevie åsar

Directions The nature reserve is in Båstad Municipality and stretches between Grevie and Killebäckstorp, south-west of Grevie. By car, the reserve is reached most easily via the car park in the south-west by the road between Killebäckstorp and Ängelsbäck. Bus Stop Grevie.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 19 5 Gällabjer

In the time of the Pterosaurs and dinosaurs, Skåne’s landscape was more dramatic. Over 150 volcanoes spewed lava and ash over the plains. Gällabjer is one of the volcanoes that has long been silent and which today is a verdant hill in the cultivated landscape outside Röstånga. Take a walk up to the top of Gällabjer, enjoy the flowering beech woodland and search for remains of the volcano.

Volcanic Remains Yield Rich Flora you can still find the remains of the lava that North of Röstånga, plains stretch out between solidified in the middle of the crater when the Söderåsen and Hallandsåsen; a gently-rounded volcano became extinct. It formed the tough, hill rises above the flat countryside. This is resistant rock basalt. In the nature reserve, you Gällabjer (or Jällabjär), jutting 50 metres out can find hexagonal basalt pillars on the eastern from its surroundings. The hill was originally side of the hill. one of the volcanoes that were active 100–150 million years ago. There is no little to be seen A Varied Landscape of these volcanoes in the landscape of Skåne. The countryside around Gällabjer is varied Most of them have been weathered away, but with beech woodlands, alder carrs, pastures

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and juniper commons. One hundred years ago, Gällabjer was part of a large expanse of pasture, but today the gently-rounded hill is covered in beech trees. Alder grows in the carrs at the foot of the hill. The basalt bedrock means that the ground is rich in nutrients. In spring the beech woodland at the top is filled with Yellow Anemones, Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Fumewort and Moschatel, while the pastures below are covered with White Anemones s.. The Skåneleden Trail runs through the nature reserve, and camping is permitted just to the east of the car park, where you will find windbreaks and somewhere to build a fire.

More information • Established i 1977 • 131 ha. • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Gällabjer Don’t Miss The basalt pillars WSG 84 Northern car park lat 56.0095 long 13.3080 Röstånga Southern car park lat 56.0008 long 13.3282 For Visitors Marked paths, camp site with fireplace by the southern car park, toilet by the southern car park.

Directions Gällabjer lies about 2 km north-east of Röstånga in Svalöv Municipality. The reserve can be reached from the road between Röstånga and Anderstorp (southern car park) or the road between Röstånga and Färingtofta (northern car park).

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 21 6 Hallands Väderö

Hallands Väderö is north-western Skåne’s special archipelago. This is a place where you can combine sun-bathing and swimming with fantastic nature experiences. Pebble beaches with flowering blackthorns, woodlands and smooth rocky islets onto which seals haul out. Taking a boat over to one of Skåne’s largest nature reserves is a real adventure.

Guillemot

The island isn’t large – about three kilome- share is that they are dependent on there tres from south to north – but it has much to being a lot of old, mighty broad-leaved trees offer. You’ll find broad-leaved woodland full of and dead wood. Natural pastures on the island thick-trunked trees, dark alder carrs and ponds. are valuable as they have maintained through Dry meadows, where dense carpets of thrift grazing since time immemorial and are charac- bloom, are interspersed with juniper bushes, terised strongly by this. sandy beaches and rocky shores. The huge diversity, combined with the long history of Coastal Birds and Seals broad-leaved woodlands and natural pasture Hallands Väderö is one of the county’s largest has created the condition for an abundance of nature reserves, which also encompasses the flora and fauna. smaller islands, skerries and shallow waters that surround it. Some sections of the coast- The Woodland Contains the Natural line and some skerries are reserved for wildlife. Treasures Sea-birds such as the Common Eider breed The greatest natural treasures on the island are here. The island also has unique breeding sites found in its forested sections. A large number for Black Guillemot, Razorbill and Common of threatened and rare species live in these, Murre. Around the island you can often see primarily beetles and lichens. What these all harbour seals lying and resting on the rocks.

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The colony has grown continually since the tion provides an overview of the island and its harbour seal was protected by law in the 1960s. history and is open every day between spring and autumn. Hallands Väderö Outdoor Museum Hallands Väderö boasts of being Sweden’s The pilot’s cottage, built in 1844, is the oldest second warmest place. The sun certainly shines building on the island. This is now home to often on the island. There are not that many Hallands Väderö Outdoor Museum. The exhibi- sandy beaches, but the water is clean and clear.

More information • Established i 1958, expanded i 1998 to include the marine area naturreservatet • 1742 ha. Hallands Väderö • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The harbour seals Rare The tanner beetle WGS 84 Sandhamn lat 56.4328 long 12.5754 For Visitors There are bins and toilets in several places around the Torekov reserve. Marked paths lead visitors around the island.

Directions In summer, tour boats sail to Sandhamn on the island from Torekov several times per day. At other times, you have to book a boat tour. You are not permitted to land your own boat on the island, with some exceptions.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 23 7 Herrevadskloster

The expansive pastureland at Herrevadskloster (Herrevad Monastery) presents a changing landscape of paddocks and old oak trees. The flora and fauna are rich, and the area contains traces of times past; Snapphanes, monks and dragoons have all left an impression.

The monastery laid the foundations of the the 19th century until 1996, it was the military oak-covered countryside who ran riot over Herrevadskloster. In 1144 a company of 22 people, among them Herrevadskloster Nature Reserve is mainly the abbot Robert and 12 monks, arrived in the composed of pastureland. Over 400 cows area. Their task – to build a monastery between wander and graze among the ancient, giant the main road and the river Rönne Å. Herre- oaks. In the northern part of the reserve, a vadskloster became a powerful centre for the large alder carr has grown up on land that was Cistercian Order up until the reformation in previously the bottom of a lake. There were 1536. The land, with its over 400 farms, was once large hay meadows along the Rönne subsequently owned by, among others, Tycho River where winter fodder was gathered, but Brahe’s uncle. It was here in the castle grounds the grass is no longer cut down and these are that Tycho discovered a new star, Stella Nova, on the way to becoming overgrown. in the constellation Cassiopeia in 1572. From

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Giant Trees Give Life to Many alongside the road to Broröd. In 1677, 27 The greatest biological treasures are the Snapphanes – guerrilla fighters, loyal to ancient, giant oaks. Eight hundred fifty trees Denmark, who resisted Swedish rule in Skåne – have been counted within the reserve, and who had been caught close to Herrevadkloster, these are now well-documented with measu- were hung from this tree on the orders of King rements and GPS coordinates. As well as the Charles XI. The oak was sawn down in 1965 so oaks, there are also old beech, aspen and Scots that it wouldn’t fall on anyone passing by, but pine. Many of the trees are over 200 years old the old, dead stump remains. and it is at this age that they become interesting for insects, mosses and lichens. A Wide Range of Outdoor Activities Once upon a time, there were European There are many ways to enjoy the countryside Roller, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, hermit of Herrevadkloster. You can canoe along the beetles and stag beetles in the oak landscape Rönne River and make camp on the shore in of Herrevad; today the European Roller and the reserve. You can also bring a horse and ride Middle Spotted Woodpecker are no longer around along the bridle-paths in the reserve. found in Sweden, but perhaps we can help the There are special parking places for horse- stag beetle and hermit beetle to return to the boxes in the car park. In the south-western part landscape of the ancient oak giants. there is a floodlit exercise trail. One famous oak is the Old Snapphane Oak

More information • Established i 2011. • 583 ha i Klippans kommun naturreservatet • Natura 2000 area Herrevadskloster Don’t Miss The old, giant oaks Rare Purple-Edged Copper butterfly WGS 84 Horsakärr lat 56.0934 long 13.2435, elljusspåret lat 56.0890 long 13.2493 For Visitors Toilets. Windbreak by the floodlit path. There are plans to Ljungbyhed have facilities for horse-boxes at the car park by Horsakärr.

Directions The reserve is close to Ljungbyhed in Klippan Municipality. Car park in the middle of the reserve by Horsakärr. The nature reserve can also be reached from the rest stop for canoes on the river Rönne Å in the western part and from the car park by the floodlit path in the outskirts of Ljungbyhed.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 25 8 Hilleshögs dalar

Starting from the main road between Landskrona and Glumslöv, you can walk down through verdant pastures into Hilleshögs Dalar (Hilleshög’s Valleys). This area has an exciting topography without an equivalent in Sweden, aside from Ven’s Backafall Nature Reserve..

An undulating valley unique. Knapweed Broomrape, a plant that Hillehögs Dalar is a green valley that lies just completely lacks the green pigment chlorop- south of Glumslöv along the coast of the hyll, grows here. As it cannot photosynthesise, Öresund. You are greeted by a wonderful view it lives as a parasite on other plants, mainly over the valley, with its rolling hills, and the Greater Knapweed. Sand Martins nest in island of Ven in the background as you begin the southern part of the reserve, throwing your walk down to the coast. themselves out towards the water of the The green slopes are kept open by grazing Öresund from their colonies high up on the cows. The most beautiful pasture flora can be scree slopes. found on Gåsaägget (the Goose Egg), a high hill that slopes steeply down to the sea close Old Defences to Rustningshamn. Up along the edge there are the remains of The flora and fauna on these steep slopes is defensive buildings, called skansar (little forts). They were part of Charles XII’s defence against Denmark in the 18th century. Along the coastline you can find bricks that have been worn smooth by the waves. They are from the various brickworks that lay along the coast from Landskrona to Helsingborg. Brick was also once shipped far and wide from the harbour at Rustningshamn in the reserve.

Walk Along the Coast Havsleden, a walking trail that beings in the centre of Landskrona, goes right through the reserve and makes it possible to walk from Landskrona all the way up along the coast, before taking the train home from Glumslöv or Rydebäck. But don’t forget to stop and take a dip in the sea or have a tea break in the shelter of the bunker, a relic of the Per Albin Line, which was the Second World War equivalent of Charles XII’s little forts hundreds of years before.

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Hilleshögs Dalar Nature Reserve borders Glumslövs Backar, hills that are protected as a nature conservation area.

More information Glumslöv • Established i 1980 • 140 ha i Landskrona Municipality • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The Sand Martins (but don’t disturb them by coming too close) Rare Knapweed Broomrape naturreservatet WGS 84 lat 55.9300 long 12.8180 Hilleshögs dalar For Visitors Marked paths.

Directions From the E6, come off at junction 26 Landskrona N towards Vallåkra; after about 600 m, turn left towards Glumslöv. When you have passed under the E6, turn left again; the nature reserve car par is 400 m further on. Railway Station Glumslöv Station.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 27 9 Kullaberg

The Archaean rock ridge of Kullaberg stretches out into the sea with rocky cliffs that drop 100 metres down to the water. The weathered coast, with its bays and capes entices you to find adventure among the caves and rocky beaches. The area’s dramatic countryside offers ancient forest, verdant pasture commons and deep ravines. An abundance of natural experiences is served up.

Two nature reserves, Eastern (Östra) and grows alongside Yellow Anemones and Dog’s Western (Västra) Kullaberg, contain much more Mercury. The highest point is Håkull, 187 than just the steep cliffs at the very tip of the metres over sea level, from where you can get peninsula, but it is always good to start your a fantastic view of the surroundings. A special visit at the new visitor centre at the Kullen light- kind of low-growing oak woodland called house. You can find information here about the covers the hill’s steep slopes, called krattskog flora and fauna of Kullaberg and perhaps take in Swedish. the opportunity to touch a starfish. Diverse Flora and Bird Life More Than Just a Cape The variation of cliffs, sandy beaches, forest and The reserve stretches from the lighthouse at pasture means that the number of plants is the tip of the cape in to Arild where you’ll find unbelievably high in Kullaberg. Here you will broad-leaved woodlands mixed with open find more than two-thirds of Sweden’s plant pasture commons. The vegetation is often species. thin and lacking in diversity on Kullaberg’s In spring and autumn both birds of prey rocky ridge, but, in one part of the area with and small birds migrate past Kullaberg. As more fertile soil, sweet-smelling wild garlic with Hovs Hallar, you can find exciting sea-bird

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species such as Gannet, Fulmar and Kitti- life in the waters around Kullaberg, with many wake here that have flown in on the winds different marine animals such as sea urchins, of westerly storms. The Peregrine Falcon has brittle stars, mussels and crustaceans. They are found a home on the cliff ledges of Kullaberg also home to the harbour porpoise, Sweden’s and at the visitor centre you can take a peek at very own miniature whale. their nests via a webcam. By the cliffs at the tip of the cape you can sit and look out for the porpoises’ dorsal fins, which Life Under the Surface suddenly appear on the surface of the water. Kullaberg Nature Reserve also protects life It is not uncommon to see a pod of porpoise under the surface. There is a diverse marine hunting fish off the coast of Kullaberg.

naturreservaten More information Västra och Östra Kullaberg • Västra Kullaberg 470 ha, established 1971. • Östra Kullaberg 802 ha, established 1965. • The marine areas were added in 1986 • Natura 2000 area Mölle Don’t Miss The caves and the view Rare Harbour porpoise WGS 84 naturum lat 56.3020 long 12. 4538 For Visitors Toilets at the visitor centre. Marked hiking trails.

Directions Drive along road 111 north from Helsingborg, through Höganäs towards Mölle or, if you are coming from the north, drive along road 112 from Ängelholm towards Höganäs. Drive up through Mölla and pass the gate house to Västra Kullaberg Nature Reserve. The visitor centre is located at Kullen Lighthouse.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 29 10 Kulla-Gunnarstorp

A visit to Kulla Gunnarstorp offers a great opportunity for hiking, cycling and horse- riding. And why not finish your trip with a dip in the sea from the sandy beach just north of Hittarp? Look out over the sea from the top of the escarpment through specially-cut viewing corridors where the woodland forms a frame around the view of the water and Denmark in the background.

Cliff Landscape just north of the castle, there is a graveyard The nature reserve is located in an area that with several burial mounds from the Bronze encompasses the northern parts of the escarp- Age (c. 3,500 years ago). ment. These steep slopes down to the sea were created 4000–7000 years ago by waves and Peepshow in the Woodland currents, when the sea-level was as much as West of the castle, there is a very special form six to seven metres higher. Up on the plateau, of view-point. From a bench in the park, you 20–40 metres above the sea, there is a flat can look out through three viewing corridors agricultural landscape. Streams have cut deep cut out of the woodland. They create slices of into the escarpment, forming ravines. nature, showing the sea, boats and the Danish The moated castle that lies close to the reserve coast. The same ”pictures” could be seen by on the brow of the escarpment was built in the the promenading guests at the castle back in 16th century. A little higher up and more visible the 19th century. They are described lyrically is the new castle that was built in the 1860s. in the book Skånska herrgårdar (Skåne’s Manor The reserve is a continuation of the castle Houses), which was published at the time. grounds, which has large, broad-crowned trees, footpaths and view-points. This site was Sand and Stone at the Edge of the Sea settled long before the 16th century and lying The best place to swim is just north of Hittarp,

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protected area of the marine environment with valuable underwater habitats.

Woodland The woodland is mainly beech and oak on heathland. It is rich in flowering plants including Wood Sorrel, False Lily of the Valley and Chickweed Wintergreen. Sweet-scented Goat- Leaf Honeysuckle is one of the woodland’s characteristic species, wrapping itself around trees and bushes. In the ravines formed by streams south of the castle, there is more nutrient-rich soil which means the flora is more where you’ll find a lovely sandy beach. If you abundant. then go further north, you’ll come to a rockier In autumn and spring you should be on the coastline with a pebble beach, where there look-out for migrating birds of prey. Large are a couple of metre-high, vertical, sandstone numbers of Common Buzzard and European ledges from which spring water runs. The Honey Buzzard migrate through the area, reserve continues out into the sea until it is together with occasional Osprey, Hobby and three metres deep. Past that point, there is Rough-Legged Buzzard. the municipal nature reserve Grollegrund, a

More information • Established 1982, expanded 1991 Domsten • 114 ha Helsingborg Municipality. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The high escarpment WGS 84 lat 56.1011 long 12.6317 naturreservatet For Visitors Kulla-Gunnarstorp Several marked paths lead through the area. Toilet and fireplace in the southern part. Cycle paths and bridle-paths. Hittarp

Directions Kulla Gunnarstorp Nature Reserve lies about 5 km north of Helsingborg. It runs along the coast between Hittarp and Domsten, before turning inland up to Kristinelund. A good place to park is in northern Hittarp, down by the shore.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 31 11 Möllehässle och Nabben

Like church bell in the distance, the call of the European fire-bellied toad can be heard in Möllehässle Nature Reserve (also called Mölle Fälad, Mölle Common in English). Here, just south of Mölle, there are the remains of the open coastal heaths that were once found around the entire coast of Kullaberg. From the top of the thorny bushes, the Red-backed Shrike searches for prey, and orchids flower among the juniper bushes and blackthorn.

European Fire-Bellied Toad

Klockgroda Green Coastal Meadows Teeming with Life Last Outpost of the European Fire-Bellied Toad The open, grazed coastal meadows, with their The five ponds on Mölle Common were first windswept hawthorn, blackthorn and juniper protected as a natural monument in 1951. bushes, have a long history as pasture. The land They were the last place in Sweden where the probably looks just as it did in the 17th and 18th European Fire-Bellied Toad lived. Unfortunately, centuries. The variation between wet and dry the European Fire-Bellied Toad disappeared in meadows means that there is a diverse flora, the 1960s, and was thus extinct in Sweden. with orchids such as Western Marsh Orchid, However, the European Fire-Bellied toad was Early Purple Orchid and Lesser Butterfly-Orchid. reintroduced from Denmark in 1982 and can The bush-covered land is full of birds. now be found in many places, mainly in the Yellowhammer, Common Linnet, Red-backed south-east of Skåne. Their special call, like the Shrike and Wren nest among the bushes. In ringing of a church bell, can even be heard in ponds and wetter areas, you’ll find wading birds the daytime. Sit down on the grass and listen such as Oystercatcher, Redshank and Lapwing from a distance instead of disturbing the toads together with the black and white Common down by the water; allow them to conduct Shelduck. their mating ritual in peace.

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Nabben Nature Reserve of Bronze Age burial mounds on the cape at Kullaberg’s coastal heath is also protected Stensnäs. Nabben is not that easy to get to, on the northern side of the peninsula. This is but this means that you can enjoy a peaceful where you will find Nabben, which is also a environment with few visitors. remaining part of the common pasture that was part of the Kulla commons. Parts of the area Walk Along the Coast are now overgrown, but there are still pasture The Kullaleden Trail, a new stretch of the Skåne- commons, copses and pebble beaches. Along leden Trail, makes it possible to walk all the way the coastline you can see the ancient coastline along the coast of the Kulla Peninsula. The trail of the Littorina Sea in the form of beach ridges follows the coast from Helsingborg, via Kulla- with rounded pebbles. From the highest points berg, to Utvälinge and passes many nature there are wonderful views out over the coast reserves along the way, including Möllehässle and the bay, Skälderviken. There are a number and Nabben.

Mölle More information Möllehässle 56 ha, Established i 1956. naturreservatet Nabben 44 ha, Established i 1994. Möllehässle Natura 2000-area naturreservatet Don’t Miss The flowering orchids Nabben Don’t Miss European Fire-Bellied Toads in the shal low ponds WGS 84 Möllehässle från Mölle lat 56.2792, long 12.49942 Nabben lat 56.2687 long 12.5871

Directions Möllehässle can be reached via Lerhamn or the southern part of Mölle. The cycle path between Höganäs and Mölle runs through the eastern corner of the area and there are regular buses to Mölle from Höganäs. Nabben lies just east of Arild.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 33 12 Svedberga kulle

Svedberga Kulle (Svedberga Hill) is like a green oasis for both humans and animals in the middle of the flat, cultivated landscape. You can wander along gentle woodland paths and when you get to the top of the hill, as a reward, you get to enjoy a fantastic view of the Kulla Peninsula

Expansive View established that the clay soil was taken into Svedberga Kulle was created when the inland cultivation. ice sheet retreated from southern Sweden. In the eastern sections, there are the remains The hill is an isolated mound of gravel and of ancient beech and wet broad-leaved sand that was created by deposits from glacial woodland. The rest of the hill consists of melt-waters. Despite this area being a long various tree plantations. In the north-western way from the sea, you can find the remains of parts of the reserve, there are open areas beach ridges. This is because the waves once with heather heath vegetation. The goal for crashed into these hillsides, leaving behind the management of the nature reserve is to beach ridges. These can still be made out in replace the replace the conifers and non-native the ground at the top of the hill. The highest broad-leaved trees with native broad-leaved point is 62 metres above sea-level, from where species. There will also be pasture with trees you can look out over a landscape characte- and bushes. rised by agriculture. An Oasis for both People and Animals Easily Cultivated Hill Svedberge Kulla is a green refuge for wild The sandy soil on the hill is easy to cultivate, animals in the otherwise open cultivated and thus large parts of the hill were arable landscape. The reserve is also a sanctuary for land until the middle of the 20th century. The people to relax and wander about in. You can heavy clay soil at the foot of the hill was hard stroll through the woodland, listen to the birds to work and became instead hay meadows, and, perhaps, catch sight of a roe deer among damp marshes and treeless pasture. It was not the undergrowth. In winter this is the best until the great agricultural reforms when the sledging hill in the area and there is a place villages were divided and Svedberga Farm was where you can warm up by the fire..

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there are wonderful views out over the coast along the coast of the Kulla Peninsula. The trail and the bay, Skälderviken. There are a number follows the coast from Helsingborg, via Kulla- of Bronze Age burial mounds on the cape at berg, to Utvälinge and passes many nature Stensnäs. Nabben is not that easy to get to, reserves along the way, including Möllehässle but this means that you can enjoy a peaceful and Nabben. environment with few visitors. Walk Along the Coast The Kullaleden Trail, a new stretch of the Skåne- leden Trail, makes it possible to walk all the way

More information Jonstorp • Established i 1992. • 110 ha, Helsingborgs Municipality

Don’t Miss The view WGS 84 lat 56.1650 long 12.6984 naturreservat For Visitors Svedberga kulle Marked paths. Tables and benches.

Directions Svedberga Kulle lies to the south of Jonstorp in Helsingborg Municipality, just south-east of Mjöhult.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 35 13 Söderåsen

Canyons, broad-leaved forest and sparkling woodland streams – Söderåsen is Sweden’s most southerly wilderness and contains outdoor experiences for everyone. You can go for a one day hike in a land without paths or take a pram or wheelchair around the lakes Odensjön or Skärdammen. We urge you to being with a trip to the Söderåsen visitor centre where you will find inspiration and advice.

National park A Variety of Environments Provides Biodi- Söderåsen National Park was established in versity 2001 in order to protect the unique fissure Light, humidity and temperature change from valleys with their broad-leaved forest. The park valley floor to hilltop, from open pasture to is part of Sweden’s largest contiguous broad- dense forest. The rich variety of environments leaved forest, with a large number of beech in Söderåsen means that a large number of and oak trees. It is the largest area of protected species have found their habitat in the national broad-leaved forest in northern Europe. There park; many of them rare or threatened with is a long-term project to transform the area into extinction. In particular, the species that require a natural forest in which the trees are allowed dead wood, such as fungi and wood-dwelling to stand their entire lives. insects, have found a home in the national park.

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Exciting Geology Nackarpsdalen Skäralid and the other canyons in the park were In the west of the national park, close to created when powerful forces in the earth’s crust Röstånga, you’ll find Nackarpsdalen (the reshaped Skåne. Between 70 and 80 million Nackarp Valley) with its green, open valley years ago, parts of the bedrock in Skåne sank floor and sides covered in broad-leaved forest. down, while other parts were raised above the At the heart of the valley, lies the circular lake surroundings. The ridge of Archaean rock that Odensjön, enveloped by green walls and was raised up split apart, creating deep canyons. with steep scree slopes that continue far From nowhere else is the Söderåsen as impres- down under the water. On magical evenings, sive as from the view-point at Kopparhatten. You concerts are held down by the water. You are can look out from here across the landscape welcome to swim or fish in the lake, but don’t and scree slopes. The bottom of the canyon is forget to buy a fishing license. barely visible. The edge of the canyon is over The national park is only one part of the Söder- 100 metres from the bottom in certain places. åsen wilderness area, there are other nature reserves and walking areas.

About the National Park Ljungbyhed • Established in 2001. • 1625 ha. Klippan och Svalövs Municipalities. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss Rare Elf Ear lichen, Elm’s Gyalecta lichen, Silky Wall Feather-moss Söderåsens nationalpark WGS 84 naturum lat 56.0395 long 13.2508 Odensjön lat 56.0053 long 13.2796 Röstånga For Visitors Marked hiking trails. Toilets. Barbecue sites. Windbreaks.

Directions Söderåsen’s visitor centre lies alongside road 13, about 5 km south of Ljungbyhed. Odensjön is reached from Röstånga. Bus stop outside the visitor centre. There is also a restaurant at the visitor centre.

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There is place halfway up Söderåsen where you get a real sense of being in the wilderness. At Traneröds Mosse (Traneröd Bog) there is a chance to experience a little bit of the nature of northern Sweden, without having to travel too far. The raised bog forms a large, open space enclosed by the surrounding coniferous forest. Out on the boggy plain there is only the occasional tree, but you can find both cloudberries (a very special berry found only in cold climates) and singing Common Snipe. Walk among the quagmires and moss on paths of wooden planks

Traneröds Mosse is one of the few undisturbed location close to the coast, combined with the areas of raised bog in Skåne. It belongs to the large amount of rainfall, means that the flora south-western Atlantic type of raised bog, of the raised bog has a special composition, which is very rare in Europe. Söderåsen gets which differs from that of the country’s other a lot of rain when weather fronts from the raised bogs. Atlantic are forced up over the ridge. The History up High At Traneröds Mosse one can drill down through the millennia. At its deepest point, the bog is over 25 metres deep, and at the bottom lies the glacial lake that was created when the inland ice sheet receded. Carrs and bogs are wetlands that have become overgrown. Decomposition happens very slowly in the waterlogged ground, primarily due to a lack of oxygen. A thick layer of dead plant material that has not been broken down slowly builds up into a thick layer of peat. In the end the bog becomes so high that it lies over the surrounding land. The bog then becomes increasingly lacking in nutrients and the special plants that thrive on the wet, meagre soil start to become dominant; Sphagnum Moss, Cross-Leaved Heath, Hare’s-Tail Cottongrass and Sundew. The bog is surrounded by a carr which drains the water from the bog’s domed surface.

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Discover the Bog from Above of the most southerly sites for this species. If From the top of the bird tower by the car park, you stay until it gets dark in June, you can hear you can look out over the whole bog with the magical, purring summer night’s call of the its open surface, the encircling carr and the Nightjar which flies between trees. surrounding forest. Perhaps a northern emerald dragonfly will fly past. Traneröds Mosse is one

More information • Established in 2006. Ljungbyhed • 120 ha. Svalöv och Klippans Municipalities • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The raised bog Rare Mountain fern WGS 84 lat 56.0441 long 13.1824 naturreservatet For Visitors Traneröds mosse Marked trails. Bird tower. Barbecue sites.

Directions Traneröds Mosse is on Söderåsen in Klippan and Svalöv Municipalities. The road between Ljungbyhed and Klåveröd cuts right through the nature reserve by Grindhus, where you will find the car park. The closest bus stop is in Ljungbyhed.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 39 15 Vens backafall

Ven’s Backafall Nature Reserve forms a green band encircling the island of Ven. The steep slopes falling away to the sea are called backafall on Ven. They form the extremities of Ven’s undulating cultivated landscape with precipices that are up to 40 metres high in places. From the edge of the slopes you can get a fantastic view out over the sea with Sweden and Denmark in the distance.

The nature reserve comprises a narrow strip places elm, ash and cherry have appeared and along almost the entire coast. The steep created broad-leaved woodlands. Birds thrive slopes consist of both scree without vegeta- in the shrubbery, with Common Linnet and tion and slopes covered in greenery. Species Thrush Nightingale singing in the bushes. that thrive in dry, lime-rich ground grow here, However, the characteristic species of this such as Field Wormwood, Bloody Cranesbill environment is surely the Sand Martin, which and Boehmer’s Cats-Tail. In wetter parts, there digs out its nests in the bare eroded slopes. are areas of rich marsh, with species such as lesser pond sedge, St. Peter’s Wort and Marsh Home of the Sand Lizard Hawksbeard. The Sand Lizard needs warmth and thrives Ven is dominated by cultivated land, which where there is plenty of sun and sand. Ven means that these slopes are among the few has one of Sweden’s largest populations of natural environments that remain on the island. sand lizards. In spring and early summer the At the end of the 19th century, almost all of the males have a beautiful green shimmer on their slopes that were not too steep were covered abdomen, all so that they can impress the with grassy heath. However, because grazing females. The eggs are laid in the warm sand has stopped, large parts have regrown with and hatch in late summer. hawthorn, blackthorn and blackberry. In several

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A Place for Star-gazers Pearl of the Öresund The renowned astronomer and scientist Tycho It’s as if Ven was made especially for day trips. The Brahe lived on the island in the 16th century. In island isn’t very large, barely 4.5 km in length, and the middle of the island he built Uranienborg there are many beautiful paths to walk or cycle Castle, the underground observatory Stjerne- along, including the stunning Hakenstigen path. borg and a fantastic renaissance garden. This is This starts in Bäckviken and follows the coast where you’ll now find the Tycho Brahe Museum, up to Norreborg. You can hire bikes above the which, among other things, has reconstructed harbour at Bäckviken, where you’ll also find buses the old instruments that Tycho Brahe used. and a tractor that pulls a wagon.

More information Norreborg • Established in 1990. • 140 ha • Natura 2000 area Naturreservatet Don’t Miss The Sand Martins Vens backafall Kyrkbacken Rare Sand lizard, Great Horsetail Bäckviken WGS 84 lat 55.9037 long 12.7220 For Visitors Marked paths. Pedestrian and cycle paths Toilets.

Directions You reach the island by boat from Landskrona and, in the summer, also from Råå in Helsingborg and Copenhagen. It is impractical and expensive to take your car over to Ven. There is a car park close to the boat terminal in Landskrona. Bus Stop Landskrona Skeppsbron

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 41 16 Ängelholms strandskog

This long sandy beach with its high dunes and pine woodland just inland is a popular are for outdoor activities. You can swim or wander in the sand dunes and woodlands. But this is also a unique nature area, with north-western Skåne’s only contiguous dune landscape.

Exciting Sand Dunes reserve. These are two species that were previously The long sandy beach south of the camping site at found here, but which vanished when the nutrient- Råbocka is not just a fantastic place for swimming, poor coastal dune landscape became overgrown. it is also a unique sandy habitat. Furthest out These two are among the many species of animals towards the sea grow sea lyme grass and sand and plants that thrive in sandy environments in sedge, which bind the sand and thus create sand which the vegetation of flowering plants is dunes. Steep dunes, known as klitter, have formed interspersed with patches of exposed sand. This in certain places. The area inland is a partly-open exposed sand absorbs heat from the sun, creating dune landscape. Unfortunately, large parts of the a splendid microclimate that can be enjoyed by inland dunes are now covered with Mountain Pine people and insects, as well as solitary bees and and Japanese Rose. With the help of restoration butterflies. Many bees also dig their nests in the work that began in 2008, and which continues as exposed sand. part of the EU project Sand Life, the open dune landscape will be restored. Historic Environmental Protection Project Then, perhaps, we will be able to see the Tawny Measures to protect Ängelholm from the shifting Pipit and Sea Mason Bee return to the nature sands began in 1739. This was the first state-

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financed environmental protection project in Sweden. Fences made of stakes and brushwood were set up in order to trap the sand; grass and trees were sown on the sand dunes that the wind built up around the fences. One hundred years later, the protective woodland began to take shape and provide the protection that had been sought.

Popular Outdoor Area Today, the reserve is visited by thousands of people. They swim and enjoy the warmth of the sun in the sandy hollows in the dunes, or take a walk in one of the many paths though the pine woodland. On a walk through the pines or the wet swamps you can enjoy the rich bird life. Nightjar and Woodlark both breed in the pine woodland.

More information • Established in 2010. • 219 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The open dune landscape Rare Brown Tiger Moth WGS 84 Råbocka camping lat 56.2543 long 12.8334 naturreservatet Sibirien lat 56.2355 long 12.8172 Ängelholms strandskog For Visitors Marked trails. Toilet and barbecue site. Cycle paths.

Directions The nature reserve lies in Ängelholm Municipality, close to Ängelholm. From the north, the reserve is reached from the camping site at Råbocka and from the south, there is a car park called Sibirien. Railway Station Ängelholm Station.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 43 17 Dalby Söderskog

Dalby Söderskog is at its most beautiful in spring. A concerto of bird-songs and a carpet of White Anemones, Yellow Anemones and Fumewort greets you as April turns into May. But Sweden’s smallest national park is worth visiting even during the summer´s lush green or the bleakness of winter.

Freezing a Moment in Time into the gaps created when the dead elms fall The national park was established in 1918 in and ash now grow in their place. The current order to preserve what was then described as image of the national park thus differs from the a southern Swedish broad-leaved woodland. original. Dalby Söderskog is now developing However, Dalby Söderskog has in fact been as an exciting ”natural woodland” with a great both woodland and tree-covered pasture. In variety of tree species. The next generation of the past, trees were often allowed to grow on visitors will be able to experience new sides of pasture. Here in the enclosed pasture of Dalby, the woodland. a grove of trees resembling a pillared hall of oak and beech with a lush green carpet was Trees have Life after Death created. Grazing was forbidden when the The dead trees here are allowed to remain where national park was created, which changed the they have fallen and so become homes and food conditions and the woodland began to live its for fungi and insects. Be on the look-out for the own life. The large oaks that were dominant lesser stag beetle, a small species of stag beetle. when the national park was created are now Woodpeckers thrive because there is plenty of less prominent. food for them in the dead wood. Their nesting Today there is instead a great deal of beech, holes are then gradually taken over by red squir- elm and ash. Dutch elm disease has, however, rels and birds such as the Common Starling, Stock taken its toll on the large elms. Light floods Dove and European Pied Flycatcher.

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Delightful Greenery The rich vegetation is a result of the abundance Fumewort of lime in the soil. Diversity is evident in the many spring flowers, including Holewort and orchids such as Early Purple Orchid and Bird’s-Nest Orchid. The greatest abundance of flowers happens at this time when the trees do not shade the plants on the ground with their leaves. Half of the national park is surrounded by an interesting earth embankment which is rather striking. It may be the remains of an ancient fort or there is another theory that it is the remains of the boundary of a royal hunting- ground from the Middle Ages.

About the National Park • Established in 1918. Situated in Lunds Municipality • 36 ha Don’t Miss The spring flowers with Fumewort that is nationalparken present in both white and purple versions Dalby Söderskog Rare The lesser Stag Beetle WGS 84 lat 55.6722 long 13.3306 For Visitors Barbecue site and tables with benches by the car park. Dalby Track that is adapted for disabled visitors with tables and benches.

Directions The national park lies in the north-western outskirts of Dalby. Turn off from road 16 between Lund and Dalby, cycle path from Lund. Bus Stop Dalby Bus Station + 1.5 km walk. Dalby Söderskog adjoins the nature reserve Dalby Norreskog and there is a marked hiking trail from Skryllegården.

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If you think that there are too many people in the beech forest at Torup, you can instead travel to the Eksholm Nature Reserve, just ten kilometres to the east. Here by the lake Eksholmsjön you can walk around in the leafy beech woodland without meeting as many people. It is home to Europe’s largest beetle, which buzzes among the trees around midsummer.

Blue Heart of the Woodland known in Swedish as horntroll (horned troll), If you ever fly from Malmö Airport at Sturup, fly between the old trees. They are hunting be on the look-out for a heart-shaped lake for females who sit and wait in the oaks. The in the middle of the woodland to the west long mandibles are used by the males when of the airport. This is Eksholmsjön, which is fighting each other. Finding a mate is a busy embedded in the leafy beech woodland. The time for the male; he has lived for several years lake has formed in one of the glacial kettles in as a larva, but now has only a couple of weeks the rolling hills of south-western Skåne. This as a beetle. The females, however, live for the lake is low in nutrients with humus-rich water entire summer, right up to August. It is the which grows white and yellow water lilies. availability of old oaks that makes Eksholm one Adjoining the lake there is a beautiful swamp of the best places in Skåne for stag beetles and with thick, voluminous alders, as well as species other wood-dwelling insects. such as Gypsywort, Milk Parsley, Marsh Calla Many of the oaks and beeches in the and Meadowsweet. leafy woodland are large, thick and have wide crowns. Some of the older trees carry the traces The Horned Troll Flies in the Twilight of pollarding. This was a way that was used to The male stag beetle with its long mandibles continually get leafy fodder from the trees. can grow up to 8.5 cm long. On warm evenings This area has been woodland at least since the around midsummer you might be lucky and beginning of the 19th century, although it has see the large stag beetles, which are also probably been more of an open landscape

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before. In early spring the ground is covered FLOMMEN with White and Yellow Anemones, Woodruff, Greater Stitchwort, Wood Stitchwort, Yellow Archangel and Dog’s Mercury flower a little later.

Camp Overnight by the Shore The Skåneleden Trail passes through the reserve and by the lake there is a place to rest with a windbreak that can be used for overnight camping, as well as a barbecue area and a bird tower. It is also worth investigating the whole of the wooded area around the lake. You can find small pools, carrs and bogs in the woodland. Fjällfotaljung lies to the south of the lake. This is one of the few bogs in Sweden that had never been subject to peat cutting. In the woodland there are also several paths that are great for cycling – for both large and small cyclists.

More information • Established 2003. Located in Svedala Municipality • 25.8 ha • Natura 2000 area Holmeja Don’t Miss Large oaks and beeches. Beautiful swamp naturreservatet Rare The Stag Beetle, Sweden’s largest beetle. Eksholm WGS 84 lat 55.5559 long 13.3152 For Visitors • Windbreaks with barbecue site by the lake. • Toilet. • The Skåneleden Trail runs through the reserve.

Directions Eksholm Nature Reserve lies about 4 km north-west of Malmö Airport at Sturup. You can reach the reserve from the road that runs between the airport and road 108. The closest bus stop is Holmeja on road 108, about 4 km from the reserve’s car park, but it is a pleasant walk through the woodland south of Holmeja to the reserve.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 47 19 Flommen

The Falsterbo Peninsula is a unique coastal environments shared by people, plants and animals throughout the year. In order to protect and preserve the natural treasures that are found in the sea and on land, several nature reserves have been established on the peninsula. Flommen, just west of Falsterbo, contains not only resting birds and singing toads, but also opportunities for sea bathing and golf.

A Changing Landscape The Best Place for Birds in Sweden Waves and wind constantly reshape the lands- The Falsterbo Peninsula is one of the country’s cape of the Falsterbo Peninsula, creating new most important resting places for migrating reefs, bays and lagoons. Flommen takes its birds. The first of the migratory birds arrive as name from the shallow, cut-off lagoons (called early as late summer. On a good day at the end flommar in Swedish) that lie inland of the sand of September or beginning of October, there dunes. The coastal meadows at Flommen can be thousands of birds passing the outer- were previously the outlying land used by the most point of Nabben on their journey south. people in Falsterbo and Skanör for cutting turf Falsterbo Bird Station has monitored the bird and grazing cattle. A network of paths takes you migration since the 1950s. The Pied Avocet is a round the special environments that the lagoons characteristic species of Flommen. In spring you and coastal meadows constitute. The rare Blue can see this elegant, black and white wader tend Iris flowers on wet ground, and you can find to its young on the reserve’s coastal meadows. Sea Holly among the dunes. The reserve also There has been a successful project to protect contains one of the country’s largest populations breeding waders from predation by mammals, of European green toads, as well as Natterjack which has benefited the waders such as Pied Toads and Sand Lizards. Avocet, Oystercatcher and Redshank.

Pied Avocet

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Old Castle Ruins and Lighthouses In the Middle Ages, Europe’s largest herring market was located in Skanör-Falsterbo. The Danish sheriff sat in Skanör Castle in the northern part of the reserve and collected taxes on the fish trade. All that remains today is the mound on which the castle was built and the moat. The fish stalls of the Middle Ages were located on the sandbanks between the centre of Skanör and the sea. Kolabacken lies to the south and is the remains of Sweden’s oldest lighthouse. Dominican monks erected a beacon here in the 13th century. All that can be seen today is a hill made of sand mixed with charcoal remains. The lighthouse at the tip of Nabben was built in 1796 and was used up until 1990. Flommen Golf Club’s course is within the reserve.

naturreservatet More information Flommen • Established 1981. • 865 ha of which 300 ha are on land. • Natura 2000 area

Skanör Don’t Miss The Pied Avocets, the bird migration Rare Blue Iris Höllviken WGS 84 Skanörs hamn Falsterbo lat 55.4163 long 12.8298 For Visitors Marked paths. Toilet.

Directions Flommen lies at the tip of the Falsterbo Peninsula by Skanör and Falsterbo in Vellinge Municipality. A good place to start is Skanör Harbour. Bus Stop Falsterbo Pastoratsvägen.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 49 20 Hunneröds mosse och Frisbjär

In the undulating landscape of south-western Skåne lies Hunneröds Mosse, a varied area with dry grazed land, wetland areas with carr and broad-leaved swamp, and beech woodland. Each summer, this is the location for an exciting triangular drama involving a plant, a butterfly and ants.

Dry Hills and Wet Meadows borine grow in the wet meadows that have The nature reserve has a range of unique been cut with scythes for many hundreds of environments which are all the result of a long years. history of grazing and haymaking. Animals grazed on the dry hills where Pasque Flowers A Triangular Drama and Common Rockrose bloom. Orchids such The most unique feature of Hunneröds Mosse as the Western Marsh Orchid and Marsh Helle- is the presence of the Alcon Blue. This is a rare butterfly that is only found in two places in March Gentian Skåne and that has a very special life cycle. It lays its eggs on only one variety of host plant, the Marsh Gentian. When the eggs hatch the larvae tumble to the ground and wait to be taken care of by ants. The larvae then live for a year inside the ants’ nest, being fed by the worker ants until it is time for the larvae to pupate and develop their wings as a beautiful blue-shimmering butterfly. Plant, butterfly and ants must thus live together in the same place in order for the Alcon Blue to survive.

Hay Meadows Need to be Looked After The Marsh Gentian, as do many of the other plants at Hunneröds Mosse, need haymaking and grazing to continue in order to thrive. In this reserve, as with several other places in Skåne, it is a voluntary force that gathers each year for the haymaking. Thanks to practical nature conservation our land can continue to flourish. In the south-east of the reserve there is a wooded hill, Frisbjär.

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More information • Established 2010 • 44 ha. Lemmeströ • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss March Gentian Rare Alcon Blue Butterfly WGS 84 lat 55.4959 long 12.3893 naturreservatet For Visitors Hunneröds mosse Information sign. och Frisbjär

Directions Hunneröds Mosse and Frisbjär are located in Svedala Municipality. The reserve is just south of the E65 between Svedala and Skurup, by Lemmeströ.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 51 21 Häckeberga med Risen

Ancient trees with rare beetles, sandy pastures and leafy woodlands. The richly-varied landscape on the southern slope of Romeleåsen with the lake Häckebergasjön at its hub is one of Skåne’s most valuable natural areas.

Many Reserves to Visit dead trees, harbours a special, diverse insect Around Häckeberga it is possible to investigate fauna. Bats are another group of animals a range of different nature reserves on both that thrive in the richly-varied landscape; the short visits and day-long hikes. The area is criss- species here include the rare Barbastelle. crossed by several parts of the Skåneleden Trail and at its centre lies the lake Häckebergasjön Risen with its island castle. Risen Nature Reserve lies just on the outskirts of Genarp. It is the remains of the villages’ Kingdom of the Deer common pasture that once covered large There is plenty of game in the reserve, parti- parts of Romeleåsen. Today, Risen is home cularly fallow deer and red deer. If you hike to a variety of habitats, with dry, sandy hills, through the area, there is a strong chance that woodland and wetlands. you’ll see the deer appearing among the trees In spring the Pasque Flowers open or grazing on open ground. In autumn, when themselves towards the sun. The large blue is darkness falls, you can hear the sounds of the one of the many species of butterfly that thrive red deer. among the Wild Thyme, Catsfoot and Common The nature reserves protect the old trees and Rockrose. Children love to play hide-and-seek large parts of the leafy woodland south of the among the juniper bushes at Risen. The Edible lake. The old beech woodland, with its many Frog is becoming increasingly common and

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Large Blue

in spring you can hear it croaking both night there is a fantastic view over the Vomb Depres- and day. sion and the plains around Lund. The forested ridge was transformed into treeless common Walk and Cycle pasture in the latter part of the 18th century. You can walk or cycle up to the top of Romele- Tree-planting took off in the 20th century and åsen via the reserves Häckeberga or Dörröds today there are only small patches of common Fälad. At Romeklint, 175 metres above sea level, pasture left.

Dörröds fälad More information Genarp • Risen: 230 ha, established 1980 • The Häckeberga reserves are 563 ha in total. Don’t Miss The beautiful beech woodlands Häckeberga Risen Rare The butterfly Large blue in Risen WGS 84 Genarps idrottsplats (Vattenmöllan) Häckeberga lat 55.5960 long 13.4173 Skogsgård For Visitors Häckeberga - Degebergahus Marked trails. The Skåneleden Trail. Toilet. Windbreak Häckeberga - with fireplace. Husarahagen

Directions All of the reserves are collected together in the area around Genarp and Häckebergasjön in Lund Municipality. A good place to start walks is the playing fields in Genarp, which are also called Vattenmöllan. There are other car parks at Medborgarhuset in Genarp, close to Risen, and east of Häckebergasjön. The closest bus stop is Genarp Busstation.

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Just to the south of Svaneholm Castle, a tree-covered hill juts out from the open pasture. This was previously the estate’s horse paddock, but has now been transformed into one of the country’s finest meadow beach woodlands. Stately beech trees create a magnificent pillared hall, the floor of which is covered with White Anemones and Woodruff in spring.

A Pillared Hall with Shimmering Light recorded more than 260 different species of The hill is dominated by trees that are hundreds plants in the nature reserve, among them of years old. They are predominantly beech, Broad-Leaved Helleborine and rare woodland but there is also elm, European Hornbeam, grasses. oak and ash. At the top of the hill there is a The area is a popular destination for beautiful pillared hall of beech trees. When the people who live in Skurup. For many decades, leaves emerge at the end of April or beginning they have cycled out to Hästhagen to have a of May, it shimmers with light green light and breakfast picnic while listening to the dawn spring flowers sparkle on the ground. chorus of birds and to enjoy the spring flowers. However, the southern slope with trees of varying ages is more valuable from a biolo- Svaneholm gical point of view. Here there is also more Hästhagen is close to Svaneholm Castle which dead wood. Out towards the open land there is most well-known as having been owned by are ancient, wide-crowned trees that extend Rutger MacLean. He implemented the revolu- themselves towards the light. tionary agricultural reform, called enskiftet in Swedish, on his estate in the 1780s and this had Fantastic Spring Flora an impact on the entire structure of villages in Hästhagen contains a fantastic flora in spring, Sweden. By moving the farmers out to their with large carpets of White Anemones and own independent farms, the old villages were Wild Garlic, as well as Holewort and Woodruff. divided up and a new pattern of settlement An inventory was taken in 1984–85 which appeared.

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The nature reserve lies in an area that has Yellow Archangel belonged to Svaneholm Castle for a long time and as long ago as the 18th century there was a wooded area that was utilised as summer pasture by the farm’s animals.

Days Out in the Reserve’s Surroundings The nature reserve and the castle are surrounded by rolling hills with broad-leaved woodland, pasture and ponds. The narrow, winding tarmac roads north of Hästhagen Nature Reserve and Svaneholm that head towards the Häckeberga area are great for a cycling.Starting out from Svaneholm, you can walk around the lake on one of the several marked trails that start at the car park. One of that is used to protect individual giant trees or Skåne’s natural monuments lies between the blocks of stone. The natural monument here by lake and the nature reserve, close to the trail the roadside is an enormous oak. around the lake. This is a form of protection

More information • Established 1985. naturreservatet • 48 ha. Hästhagen • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The spring flowers WGS 84 lat 55.4994 long 13.4799 For Visitors Svaneholms slott Marked hiking trails.

Skurup

Directions Hästhagen Nature Reserve is located in Skurup Municipality, close to Svaneholm Castle. The best place to park is by the castle, from where you can walk along the lake on a marked trail to reach the reserve. Closest bus stop Svaneholm Slottet.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 55 23 Klingavälsån och Vombs ängar

Klingavälsån is a river that flows gently through the Vomb Depression, meandering timelessly through the surrounding landscape dominated by vast expanses of open ground, alder carrs and wetlands. In spring, the meadows are filled with migratory birds and storks can be seen strutting about on the hunt for frogs or voles. Along the banks of the stream lie the remains of Skåne’s most elaborate flood irrigation system.

The Klingavälsån Valley, along with the Vomb flood the meadows in spring and thus ferti- Meadows, is considered to be one of the lise them naturally. This resulted in more hay world’s most valuable wetlands, according for the farmer, but also in a fantastic bird life. to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Wading birds such as the Redshank, Eurasian meadows were first protected as a natural Curlew and Common Snipe bred on the monument at the beginning of the 20th meadows. However, the reputation of the century, when the diversity of bird life here Vomb Meadows as a fantastic site for birds was noted. The reserve now stretches from faded over the course of the second half of just north of the lake Sövdesjön to the Vomb the 20th century as the flood irrigation of the Meadows, east of the lake Vombsjön. This area meadows was abandoned. The meadows dried is also a part of Natura 2000. up and the number of birds decreased. Klingavälsån was also straightened over the Water-meadows Provided Diverse Bird course of the 19th century as part of the Life intensive pursuit of new arable land. Work is In the past, the nutrients present in the river currently underway to give Klingavälsån back were used to increase the production of hay. its meandering shape and allow the meadows A system of irrigation channels was used to along the river to become wetter. The course

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of the river has already regained its undula- Thanks to the Swedish White Stork Reintroduc- ting appearance by the Vomb Meadows and tion Programme, storks have returned to the additional stretches are planned. The bird life is landscape around the rivers Kävlingeån and also returning as the wetlands along the river Klingavälsån. At Karups Nygård and Hemmes- are restored. torps Mölla there is an aviary for the storks, and there are ongoing efforts to regain a population Landscape of the Stork of wild-breeding storks. Klingavälsån, a tributary The White Stork is the special ambassador of of Kävlingeån, is relatively unaffected by human the wetlands. If we can make the stork feel activity. The relatively unaffected river is home at home, we also made home for a range of to a diverse range of species, including Stone different species. The last native population of Loach, European Brook Lamprey and Brown storks in Sweden nested at Klingavälsån in 1954. Trout.

More information • Established 1968 • 2175 ha. • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss The bird life on the meadows Klingavälsån Rare The old flooding system och Vombs ängar Sjöbo WGS 84 Fågeltorn Vombs ängar Veberöd lat 55.6768 long 13.5080 For Visitors Bird tower. Remember that access to the meadows is not permitted in spring and summer.

Directions Road 11 between Dalby and Sjöbo passes through the middle of the reserve. From here you can turn north towards Silvåkra or Vomb, before then turning east or west, respectively, towards Vomb Meadows. There are two car parks with bird towers. On the western edge of Vombsjön there is an additional bird tower. There is a viewing platform at Kumlatoftabron, between Ilstorp and Everlöv. The closest bus stop is Klostersågen.

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This nature reserve, lying just east of Dalby, has been given its distinct character by the eskers that run through the reserve. You can walk up on the ridge through a sparse beech woodland and out on the ancient pastures. To round things off you can take a dip in the water-filled quarry or relax amongst the sweet-scented thyme on Lunnarp Common.

Ice Age Ridges A Scrap of Pasture The eskers were created during the latter In the open juniper commons to the east of stages of the last ice age through rocks, gravel the quarry, Lunnarp Common, you can have and sand collecting in large fissures in the ice a picnic among Pasque Flowers in spring and blocks. When the ice melted the edges of the thyme, Lady’s Bedstraw and Sticky Catchfly ridges collapsed with what remained resemb- in summer. Knivåsen is a scrap of the large ling the sharp backs of goats. If you walk up the common pasture that was created when the esker in the beech wood and follow its ridge, forest was cut down in the 18th century and you’ll come out on the pasture in the east, from the whole of Romeleåsen was treeless grazing where there is a fantastic view over the Vomb land. Depression with its broad-leaved woodlands The gently undulated landscape of common and pastures. pasture that lies between Dalby and Hälle- stad is among the most valuable areas on Romeleåsen, from both a geological and biological perspective. The majority of the common pasture, even that which is outside of the reserve, is unaffected by fertilisation and thus has the typical species-rich vegetation that can be seen only on unfertilised, ancient pasture. Rökepipan and Dalby Fälad no. 5 are two municipal nature reserves that also protect this common land. The Skåneleden Trail traverses the reserve and you can continue your hike south to the woodlands of Häckeberga or north towards the Skrylle area.

Swimming and Music in the Quarry The old quarry lies in the southern part of the reserve. This water-filled quarry is now an unusual swimming spot. You can dive into the deep water from ledges on the steep walls. There is a barbecue site down by the water.

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In the summer the quarry sometimes reverbe- rates to the sound of opera or rock music. You can enjoy these summer concerts from up on the rim of the quarry.

More information • Established 1994. • 160 ha. naturreservatet • Natura 2000 area Knivsåsen-Borelund Don’t Miss The ridge that looks like a goat’s back Dalby with common pastures WGS 84 lat 55.6601 long 13.3964 For Visitors Marked trails. Toilet. Barbecue site. Swimming in the quarry. 11

Directions The nature reserve is just east of Dalby in Lund Municipality. Drive out of Dalby along the old road to Veberöd (Veberödsvägen) towards road 11. The reserve is on the left side and the car park is signposted. Bus stop Knivsåsen up on road 11 (foot tunnel under the road).

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 59 25 Rövarekulan

The river Bråån meanders its way through the tree-covered land at the bottom of the deep ravine. In the past, you could hear dance music and laughter from the valley floor on bright summer evenings. Today you can instead enjoy the babbling of the river and the abundant bird-song.

Bandit Hide-out and Dance-floor Sweet-scented Beech Woodland Rövarekulan (the Bandit’s Lair) takes its name In spring, the Wild Garlic, together with White from the bandits that it is said were once rife Anemones and other spring flowers, creates in the valley. They would ambush travellers a green carpet under the beech trees on the coming along the road and crossing the river damp, nutrient-rich soil. In late spring the down in the valley. Legend has it that there was whole valley smells of Wild Garlic. Orchids a bandit’s lair with iron doors deep in the ravine. such as the Early Purple Orchidand the Early The stone bridge over the river was built by Otto Marsh Orchid bloom along the banks of the Ramel of Löberöd Castle in 1870. For many years, river. Just north of the bridge there is also a musicians and dance bands have played music small mineral-rich carr, which contains unique for dancing along the banks of the river. The train mosses and sedges. between Eslöv and Ystad once stopped here Rövarekulan has a diverse range of plants, when there was dancing on Saturday evenings. lichens and fungi that is matched by few places The open-air dance-floor remained until 1975. in Sweden. Large variation in environments, The rune stone by the car park was found when the long-term, continuous presence of trees the dance-floor was demolished. However, it and nutrient-rich soil are factors that result was not made by Vikings, but is a relic of the in the abundance of species. A total of 400 19th century’s romantic interest in the ancient different species of vascular plant have been past. There is a memorial stone commemorating recorded here. King Oscar II’s visit in 1836 on the ridges.

Ice Age Relic The ravine itself was formed 14,000 years ago when the inland ice sheet melted and a glacial lake that had been dammed broke. The surging mass of water excavated the valley. Water has continued to shape the valley by creating the serpentine, meandering river that runs through the ravine. The bedrock in Rövarekulan consists of clay shale, and there are loose pieces of shale on the riverbed. There is a special, rare mollusc that lives on these, the river limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis. By the car park a wall of shale rises vertically from the base of the ravine.

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Life in the River White-throated Dipper is one of the winter The quality of the water that runs through visitors by the river. In spring the valley seethes Bråån is very high. This means that fish such with the song of the Blackcap, European Pied as minnow and brown trout thrive here. There Flycatcher and Thrush Nightingale. is also the rare thick-shelled river mussel. The

More information • Established 1975. Rolsberga • Storleken är 45 hektar. Don’t Miss White Butterbur, one of the largest populations in Skåne. Rare Fossil of Monograptus colonus, a graptolithinia that lived 400–500 million years ago. WGS 84 lat 55.7918 long 13.5007 naturreservat Rövarekulan For Visitors Barbecue site and tables by the car park. Marked paths. Windbreaks by the Skåneleden Trail in the northern part.

Directions Rövarkulan is located 2.5 km from Rolsberga (E22 between Hurva and Hörby) on the road towards Löberöd in Höör Municipality. Closest bus stop is Rolsberga. From here there is a walk of about 2 km along the Skåneleden Trail to the northern part of the reserve.

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The coastal meadows (strandängar) between Barsebäck and Vikhög on the coast of the Öresund are pricelessly valuable for birds. But it’s not just bird-watchers who can enjoy this nature reserve. The cove offers great places to swim and delightful strolls along the beach.

Bird Paradise Important Coastal Meadows Salsviken is located close to Vikhög in the Up on the coastal meadows you can find northern part of the bay Lommabukten. The Common Shelduck and Little Tern. This whole bay is an internationally and natio- type of special coastal meadow habitat was nally important rest stop and winter home for once a common sight around the coast of birds. Waders, ducks and geese spend shorter the Öresund, but the remaining areas are, or longer periods in the bay. The inside of for the most part, only those that are within Salsviken consists of a long, shallow seashore protected areas. Cattle were put out to graze that varies between sand and banks of seaweed. on the coastal meadows in summer. There are At low water the sandbars become visible in also stories of cattle from Romeleåsen being the shallow water. Species that can withstand driven down in order to graze by the coast of the salty water grow along the shore. Buck’s Lommabukten. The coastal meadows need to Horn Plantain , Prickly Saltwort and European be grazed in order to retain the bird species Searocket are common along the shore. that breed on the open meadows.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Other Reserves in the Bay tower on the southern edge of the coast at There are other reserves for Lommabukten’s the mouth of the river Lödde Å that discharges birds to seek out. There are two further reserves into Lommabukten, as well as Lommabukten in in the bay, Löddeåns Mynning with its bird the southern part of the bay.

More information • Established 1990 • 38 ha land and down to a depth of three metres in Naturreservatet the sea. Salsviken • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The bird life WGS 84 lat 55.7330 long 12.9583 For Visitors Swimming on the beach Vikhög

Directions Salvikens Ängar Nature Reserve lies in Kävlinge Municipality, just north of Vikhög. The car park is in the outskirts of Vikhög which can be reached from Löddeköpinge. Löddeåns Mynning Nature Reserve lies to the south of Vikhög (access is forbidden in spring and summer).

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From the top of the hill at Balsberget there is an expansive view out over the plains of Kristianstad and the surrounding landscape. This wooded, hundred-metre- high hill of Archaean rock lies close to the lake Råbelöfsjön and offers plentiful opportunities for walking. This jewel is about 10 kilometres from Kristianstad and is well worth a visit, especially at the time the trees are coming into leaf when the ground is brilliant with flowers or d in autumn when the mushrooms appear.

Woodland The area is also rich in bird life, with Beech woodlands spread out across the slopes. many species. On an early morning visit you The lime-rich soil means that the woodland may be able to hear small birds singing and fills with spring flowers. Around the first of woodpeckers such as Black Woodpecker, May the ground is covered with white, blue Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and European and yellow anemones. In early morning you Green Woodpecker pecking out their nesting can run into one of the wild animals that live in holes in the trees. In autumn it is time to bring the woodland – roe deer, moose or fallow deer, along your mushroom basket. There are plenty occasionally even red deer. of trumpet chanterelle and cep.

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The Cave Bats rest deep down in the hill in winter. They hibernate in Balsbergsgrottan, one of Sweden’s largest caves. The cave system has over 200 metres of caverns and passageways. The caves are natural, formed by water dissolving the limestone hill, but they have been widened by limestone mining. Daubenton’s bat is the most common species found hibernating in the caves, but other species also find their way here, for example, the threatened barbastelle. In summertime you can visit the cave, but you need to get the key from Råbelöfs estate. Between 15 October and 15 April, it is closed in order not to disturb the hibernating bats.

More information • Established 2006. • 287 ha Balsbergets • Natura 2000 area naturreservat Don’t Miss The view, the beech woodland Rare Bats and wood-dwelling insects WGS 84 lat 56.1050 long 14.1872 Österslöv For Visitors • Toilet (accessible) • Barbecue site (accessible) • Tables and benches (accessible) Balsby

Directions The reserve is in Kristianstad Municipality. There is a signposted road just south of Fjälkestad that runs into Balsberget and the car park is at the edge of the woodland. You can also reach the nature reserve via the cycle path that goes round the lake Råbelövsjön. The closest bus stop is Balsby Moltareliden.

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This beautiful heather heath, just outside of Linderöd, is a piece of living cultural history. You can walk on the open heaths that covered large parts of Linderödsåsen in the 18th and 19th centuries. Traditional management through grazing and burning keeps the area open and the vegetation low. When the heather blooms in August the rolling hills are luminescent with various shades of purple.

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Wide-open Heaths Wolf’s Bane and Cross-leaved Heath In the past, heather heath was a common A thin, meagre layer of soil and a field layer habitat on sandy, gravelly and nutrient-poor dominated by heather and grass lie on top ground, but today it is a rare feature of the of the bedrock. Flowers such as wolf’s bane, contemporary landscape. This is the result of harebell, viper’s-grass and devil’s-bit grow here. the destruction of the forests that took place Cranberry, bog bilberry and cross-leaved heath in the 17th century. Boarps Hed (Boarp Heath) thrive in the damp hollows. Nature Reserve represents only a quarter of the The flowering plants, especially the area covered by heather heath around Boarp at heather, which flowers in August, attract many the end of the 18th century. The heaths were insects and butterflies. You can also find both used in the past for grazing and the manage- bilberries and lingonberries out on the heath. ment also involved burning the heather at From the top of the hill Högabjär, 183 regular intervals. The ash contributed nutrients metres over sea level, you can look out over to the meagre soils and the heather plants that the gently undulating landscape with its rolling survived the fire could grow new shoots. hills.

More information • Established 1976. • 30 hectar. • Natura 2000 area Naturreservat Don’t Miss The flowering heath Rare The plant Eyebright WGS 84 lat 55.9313 long 13.7780 Boarp For Visitors Information sign.

E22

Directions The reserve is in Kristianstad Municipality. The nature reserve is signposted from the E22 a few kilometres south-west of Linderöd. The car park is reached by narrow roads. The closest bus stop is Linderöd, about five kilometres away.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 67 29 Dunderbäcken

The stream Dunderbäcken splits into several branches and meanders through its eponymous nature reserve that lies on the northern slope of Linderödsåsen. In the damp environment under the shade of the trees, there are plenty of fungi mosses and snails, many of them rare or threatened with extinction.

Lush Broad-leaved Woodlands lime-rich, fertile soil. In addition, the springs Large parts of the reserve are covered with and streams contribute to raising the humidity, woodlands. The names of the farms in the which is the cause of an interesting lichen flora. vicinity, Lille Böke and Böde Gård, bear witness to beech trees having grown here for a very A Green Corridor of Trees long time. There are also swamps with black There is an old railway embankment running alder and ash along the banks of the stream. through the reserve, which has now been turned into cycle path that runs between Kristi- Species-rich Habitats anstad/Degeberga and Maglehem. In summer Dunderbäcken is well-known for its diversity of it’s like cycling through a green shimmering fungi, with both common edible mushrooms tunnel. In the south-western part there is a and other rarities that are seldom seen. There pasture that has been grazed since 2006. From is a large amount of biodiversity with many this little hill in the pasture, Tranekull, there is a mosses, flies and snails. This is because of the lovely view over the plains around Kristianstad..

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Degeberga More information • Established 2005. • 26 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss Beech woodlands with spring flower Rare many funghi species naturreservatet WGS 84 lat 55.8027 long 14.1439 Dunderbäcken For Visitors Cycle path. Marked paths

Directions Dunderbäcken Nature Reserve is in Kristianstad Municipality, south of Degeberga. Drive south on road 19 from Degeberga. The reserve lies a few hundred metres in on the right side of the road opposite where road 118 turns to the left. The closest bus stops are Olserödvägen or Österlia By.

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Fjälkinge backe (Fjälkinge Hill) rises about 100 metres over the surrounding plains. From the top there is a magnificent view and on a clear day you can see all the way to Stenshuvud.

Scots pine trees grow on the hill itself, but was formed that rose above the surrounding there is also a great deal of beech, oak, cherry Archaean rock. Much later in the Cretaceous and other broad-leaved trees. There is a well- Period, about 100 million years ago, the sea trodden path around the hill on the fringes of covered Skåne and the mountain of residue the woodland, out towards the open land. In was slowly compressed into the thick layer early summer walks are accompanied by an of limestone that still covers the surrounding energetic choir of birds. Even if you don’t want plains. There are other hills in the vicinity that to climb up the steep, rocky path to the top, have the same history, e.g. Lilles Backe, Kjung- you can still find plenty of fine views on your ekull and Vångaberget. way round.

Blooming Pastures You can also walk out into the species-rich pastures around the hill, along the southern part of the path there are several places you can get over the fence. In spring the pastures are filled with an abundance of flowering Pasque Flowers, which then make way for meadow saxifrage and maiden pink. Two natural springs emerge from the edge of the hill, one on the fringes of the forest in the north-west and the other out in the open pasture to the south. The southern spring is still used to provide the grazing cattle with water.

Exciting Geology Fjälkinge Backe is a hill of Archaean rock that has a very special history. The hill itself was created slowly several hundred million years ago. The continental plate on which Sweden lies was much further south at that time and the environment was warm and humid. At Fjälkinge Backe the rock was resistant to the forces that slowly, but persistently turn hard rock into clay. A mountain of residue

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More information • Established 1968 naturreservatet • 186 ha • Natura 2000 area Fjälkinge backe Don’t Miss Fantastic views WGS 84 lat 56.0555 long 14.2768 For Visitors Toilet. Fjälkinge

Directions Fjälkinge Backe lies about 7 km to the east of Kristianstad, just north of Fjälkinge in Kristianstads Municipality. The reserve is reached from the road between Fjälkinge and Österslöv, where the sign points to the entrance to the car park. You can also reach the reserve by foot from Fjälkinge. The closest bus stop is Fjälkinge.

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The houses and villages in Kullaskogen are now few and far between, but along the paths and trails you can see the relics of the people who once lived here. Those who made use of that which the ground and the woodlands offered were Jacks of all trades. The forest is filled with the remains of the old farming landscape, with tar pits, charcoal burning sites and small allotments interspersed among the trees. There are three reserves in Kullaskogen: Sporrakulla, Dalshult and Grävlingabackarna.

The History of Kullaskogen farms’ pigs. Records from 1671 describe how The forest looked different in the past. This land Sporrakulla had five pigs that grazed in the was part of the large common that was used beech and oak forest and Dalshult a total of for grazing. In the 18th and 19th centuries, 90. Two of the farms, Dalshult and Sporrakulla, the forest consisted mainly of Scots pine with are now nature reserves. occasional broad-leaved trees. It was significantly sparser than toad, with glades and trees Memorials to Kullaskogen’s Inhabitants of varying ages. In the past century Norway Today, there remains many relics of the old spruce has replaced Scots pine and this has cultivated landscape around the farms. even been planted in areas that were once Pollarded trees and cattle paths are memorials arable land. of the time when Dalshult and Sporrakulla The four farms in Kullaskogen, which were full of people and animals. In Dalshult, include Sporrakulla and Dalshult, lay in the there are the remains of terraces that were built most fertile parts of the forest. Around the so that the sloping ground could be used for farms there was land that was used for growing, agriculture. hay-making and grazing in late summer. Beech The farmers in Kullaskogen really were the and oak were important sources of food for the entrepreneurs of their time. The ground was meagre and this meant that the farmers has to have other occupations aside from agriculture in order to survive. The remains of their efforts to manufacture charcoal and tar can be found in the land around the farms, along with the ruins of mills and quarries. In summers the regional history society in Glimåkra open Sporrahulla to visitors, but you are welcome to visit the farm throughout the year and, perhaps, eat your packed lunch in the court- yard. Rodatorpet is an old soldier’s croft that had stood at the barracks in Kristianstad for 60 years, before it was returned to Kullaskogen in the 2000s.

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Grävlingabackarna Grävlingabackarna is an example of the meagre land in Kullaskogen. It used to be a sparse forest of Scots pine and broad-leaved trees, but Norway spruce began encroaching from the north and beech from the south as early as the 17th century. At the beginning of the 2000s, the spruce forest was afflicted by the European spruce bark beetle, resulting in the death of most of the spruce. Now the forest is a smorgas- bord for woodpeckers and other organisms. The idea in Grävlingabackarna is to allow the forest to develop freely. The identity of the tree that is going to win – beech or spruce – will only be known in one hundred years. However, this is not a nature reserve that is suitable for visitors, there are many dead trees that can fall down on them. It is better to visit Sporrakulla or Dalshult. .

More information naturreservatet • Grävlingabackarna 24 ha, established 2009 Dalshult • Dalshult 56 ha, established 2009 • Sporrakulla 24 ha, established 2010 • Sporrakulla is a Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The pollarded trees at Sporrakulla and the cattle path at Dalshult naturreservatet WGS 84 lat 56.2888 long 14.2420 Sporrakulla For Visitors naturreservatet Sibbhult Grävlingabackarna Marked paths. The Skåneleden Trail. Toilet. Barbecue site

Directions The three nature reserves lie in Östra Göinge Municipality, north-east of Sibbhult. Drive from Sibbhult towards Lönsboda. After 2.5.km, turn left at the sign (naturreservat) and continue for 2 km to the car park at Sporrakulla. Bus Stop Sibbhult. (more than 5 km from the reserves).

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The river Holjeån runs along the border between Skåne and Blekinge, winding its way between high, tree-covered rock ridges. The countryside is dramatic, with river rapids and sharp, eskers shaped like the backs of goats. If you’re lucky you can go down to the river and catch sight of Kingfisher, White-throated Dipper or Grey Wagtail looking for food in the currents.

Take a Trip into Blekinge settled here as early as the Stone Age, 5,000 Nature doesn’t recognise borders, and the years ago. There are a large number of graves reserve spreads out on both sides of the border and remains of settlements. The many Bronze between Skåne and Blekinge. This is a varied Age burial mounds are a very visible feature of landscape, changing from forest to open land. the landscape, the largest of them is the one The steep slopes are covered with broad- known as Kungsgraven (the Kings Grave). This leaved trees like beech, European hornbeam is located in Blekinge, just north of the county and oak. The riverbanks are lined with alder in border. It is 20 metres in diameter and more many places. than 3 metres high. There are also traces of mankind’s work Cultural History with the soil. Here in the valley you can see The Holjeån valley has functioned as a road the old walls, find remains of agricultural through the area since the last ice age. People terraces and pollarded trees. These trees can

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be recognised by the fact that they branch off Ostafors were demolished in autumn 2007, the into many smaller trunks a short way up the way was open for fish to swim up the rapids. main trunk. Leaves and branches were once Salmon and sea trout to migrate up Höljeån cut here to provide fodder and timber. A carr, from the lake Ivosjön and have been seen as that consists of an offshoot of the river, was far up as Olofström. used up until the middle of the 20th century as The rapids have been utilised as power a meadow and the lush grass became winter source for flour-mills, sawmills and a nail feed for the animals. factory. In the 1920s, bank director Ekman ordered Holjeån dammed and a nail factory Rich Water was constructed at Östafors Bruk (Östafors The river’s tortuous course, with stretches of Works). More than 100 tonnes of nails were calm water alternating with rapids, creates the manufactured here each year. The production conditions for a diversity of species both in the of hydro-electric power at Östafors ceased in water and on land. There is are large clumps the 1960s. Most of the buildings have been of royal fern, a large fern that is also known as demolished, but many traces still remain, flowering fern. There are many fish in the river, among them the nail factory’s chimney and a including brown trout, minnow, brook lamprey, renovated transformer tower. eel and pike. When the hydro-electric dams at

More information • Established 1985 • 27 ha, 19 of which are in Skåne • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The river with its rapids Rare Royal fern naturreservatet WGS 84 lat 56.2131 long 14.5160 Ljungryda- For Visitors Östafors Marked paths. Fireplace. Windbreaks.

Directions Ljungryda-Östafors Nature Reserve lies on the border between Blekinge and Skåne on the road between Olofström and Näsum. The closest bus stop is Östafors.

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Once upon a time, cattle wandered and grazed among the boulders and steep slopes in the forests covering the hill Ryssberget. The barren land on the hill is now an exciting natural forest in which the trees are left to their own devices. There is a stillness among the moss-covered boulders and massive trees.

The name Ryssberget comes from the words ris fuel were extracted from the forest. Forestry meaning thicket or copse and berg meaning was not as intensive at that time as it is today hill or mountain. This points to there not and the forest was sparse with trees of varying having been a lush beech forest here, rather ages. Traces of the forest having been used for the meagre, thin soil meant that the trees grew grazing can be seen in the trees’ appearance. poorly. When animals graze on young trees they often develop multiple trunks. In several places that History of the Forest were once pasture, you can find the remains of The forest on Ryssberget has been common enclosures in the form of stone walls. land for the villages surrounding the hill since the Middle Ages. Only in the 19th century A Varied Natural Forest was it divided up between particular farms. Today the forest is allowed to live its own life The area of the village’s land that was not and develop as a type of natural forest. The used as arable land or meadows was called trees are allowed to lie where the fall and the utmarken (literally, the outland). This is where result will be a forest rich in variation. Large the village’s animals grazed and timber and parts of the reserve are poor heath beach

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forest, but there are also other types of tree such as oak and hazel. The wetter parts are dominated by alder carr and swamp. The biodiversity of the forest is high. This is because the forest has a long history, but also because of the variety of forest habitats that exists amongst the steep wooded slopes, cliffs and stretches of wetland. The forest is home to many unusual mosses and lichens.

Discover the Ancient Monuments Under Your Feet From the car park in the west it is possible to walk on an actual ancient monument, a hålväg (sunken lane). This is the remains of the road over the hill that is lined with stone walls in places. The road has been used for centuries. wheel tracks of carts drawn by oxen and horses This is the road on which people travelled back can still be seen. and forth between the villages and where the

More information • Established 2010. • 85 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The sunken lane in the forest Rare Tamarisk Scalewort Näsum WGS 84 lat 56.1724 long 14.5178 For Visitors Naturreservat Marked paths. Rest stops. The Skåneleden Trail.

Directions Näsums Bokskogar are located in Kristianstad Municipality, close to Näsum. The car park is in the west of the reserve, in the outskirts of Näsum. The closest bus stop is Amadeus Backe.

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Osby Skansar (Osby Forts) is today a calm oasis in which you can enjoy the stillness of the beech woodlands. However, this was once the site where a bitter border war played out. Between 1611 and 1613, the Danish had a defences high up on the ridge in order to control the road between Sweden and Denmark that ran through here by the lake Osbysjön. From the fort the local farmers controlled the fording points across the river Helge Å that lay below.

From Woodland Pasture to Heath Beech heather-covered, rocky slopes with solitary Woodlands oaks. When grazing ceased, the land grew Osby Skansar, otherwise known as Sibbarps once more. Trees appeared, and today there is Skans (Sibbarp’s Fort), is just a couple of kilome- a diverse beech woodland. Here and there are tres south of Osby, between the lake Osbysjön the remaining juniper bushes who can bear and the river Helge Å. The Swedish Society witness to the time when livestock shaped for Nature Conservation bought the land in the landscape. Bilberry and wavy hair-grass 1916 and it was first protected as a natural dominate the meagre moraine land. monument in 1921 and then as a reserve in In the middle of the woodland lies a wetter 1928. area in which there is birch carr with a couple Previously the area was part of the open of mirror-like ponds among the trees. In the cultivated landscape. Livestock grazed on eastern part of the reserve, there is a small

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summit where the grey-red granite bedrock tasked with defending the border. The ruins of is exposed. From here there is a beautiful view the fort can still be seen in the Woodlands. At over the lake. the centre of the fort there are two stone cairns – created when the land was cleared of stones Battle at the Fort for cultivation – and a single tree. On a day in September 1657, a group of Swedes came riding from the south. They had been Rural Museum and Ancient Meadows in Skåne and were now on their way home. There is a museum of rural life at the south- Here, by Sibbarps Skans, the met the Danish western boundary of the reserve. This is and their commander, Knud Ulfeldt. A bitter housed in an old cottage from the 17th battle broke out, resulting in many deaths on century that was moved here from Stafshult. both sides. A memorial stone was erected on If you gaze over the river you can look out over the spot in order to honour the fallen, among Hasslaröds Ängar (Hasslaröd Meadows). These them Knud Ulfeldt. are areas that flood and were once used for In the last ever Danish-Swedish war, the hay-making, but have now been allowed to Swedish captured the fort from the local become overgrown. farmers, who the Danish king, Christian IV, had

Osby More information • Established 1928. • 7 ha • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The remains of the old fort WGS 84 lat 56,4328 long 12, 5754 For Visitors Toilets at the Rural History Museum. naturreservatet Osby skansar

Directions Osby Skansar Nature Reserve, also called Sibbarps Skans, lies in Osby Municipality. It is just south of Osby on Hässleholmsvägen, where the river Helge Å runs into the lake Osbysjön. There is a car park here. The reserve can also be reached from the car park at the rural history museum. The closest bus stop is Sibbarps Skans.

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On the south-eastern side of the lake Vittjön lie forested ridges covered in ancient beech forest. This is a place to enjoy tranquillity and fresh air in the company of woodpeckers and small birds.

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Eskers and Beech Forests and long hikes in the forests. There are several The entire area around Vittsjön is hilly. Steep different paths, and down by the lake there is eskers lie close to one another with their ridges a place you can swim, as well as windbreaks extending in different directions. The majority with a barbecue site. The Skåneleden Trail runs of the reserve is covered in beech forest. In through the reserve. the older parts of the forest, where the trees are well over 100 years old, there is a rich flora Old Mill Buildings of mosses and lichens. Here you can find the In a very beautiful setting close to the reserve uncommon lung lichen. The presence of this lie Ekholmen sawmill and Gundastorp flour- species indicates that this is a valuable forest. mill, the waterworks of which are protected If you find it in the forest, it is a sign that the historic buildings. The buildings lie on opposite forest has been there a long time and that is sides of the river Vieån, which forms the has remained undisturbed. Lung lichen is often boundary between the parishes of Verum and found together with many other uncommon Vittsjö The buildings took their current form in species. the 1870s, but the site of the mills was made reference to as early as the middle of the 17th Swim, Barbecue and Hike century. There are superb opportunities for both short

More information naturreservatet • Established 1977. Ubbalt • 82 ha • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The lake and the old mill Rare Lung lichen WGS 84 lat 56.3517 long 13.7027 For Visitors Marked paths. The Skåneleden Trail. Rest stop. Swim- ming in the lake Vittsjön. Vittsjö

Directions The reserve lies about 4 km east of Vittsjö in Hässleholm Municipality. On the road between Vittsjö and Verum, turn off north towards Gundrastorp; after about 700 m, there is a car park.

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Take a trip to wetlands, wet meadows and swamp where you have the chance to discover a total of thirteen different species of orchid. Åraslövs Mosse (Åraslövs Bog), with its carrs and wet broad-leaved woodlands, is the remains of a much larger wetland area outside of Vinslöv. Walk on the planks out on the boggy ground and hunt for flesh-eating plants.

A Carr is Not Only a Carr Åraslövs Mosse is a mosaic of different Poor carr, rich carr, extremely rich carr – there types of carr and the biodiversity is thus are many types of carr and it is primarily the both varied and rich. The nature reserve has biodiversity that is the difference between a fantastic orchid flora, with many species them. The more minerals there are in the such as heath spotted orchid and Early Purple ground around the wetland, the richer the Orchidgrowing side-by-side with rarer species flora is. Rich carr is called species-rich, but such as fly orchid and marsh helleborine. nutrient-poor bog. These wetlands have many Åraslövs Mosse is one of the few places in plants that are not found in the more common Sweden where you can find large numbers of poor carr. Extremely rich carr is formed in the the yellow flowering subspecies of the early areas that are richest in lime and have high pH marsh orchid. values.

Early Marsh-orchid Common Butterwort

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Plank Paths and Rich Broad-leaved Woodlands You can walk out onto the wetlands on paths made of wooden planks and enjoy the orchids and other wetland plants. The carnivorous plant butterwort lures passing insects that are then trapped in its sticky leaves. The species is called hårgula (hair yellow) in Swedish as it was once used to give hair a golden yellow lustre. In amongst the trees in Åraslöv’s woodland meadows there is a rich grove flora, with species such as lesser butterfly-orchid, broad- leaved helleborine, woodruff and Solomon’s seal.

Vitfläckig guldvinge

More information Vinslöv • Established 2001. • 62,3 ha. • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss The meadow with orchids Åraslövs mosse Rare False Heath Fritillary Butterfly WGS 84 lat 56.0873 long 13.9443 For Visitors Marked trails, partly made of wooden planks.

Directions The nature reserve lies in Hässleholm Municipality, south-east of Vinslöv. It is reached by narrow roads from Vanneberga at road 21 in the direction of a car park in the reserve.

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On the coast, right in the middle of the town of Åhus, just south of the mouth of the northern branch of the river Helgeån lies Äspet Nature Reserve. The reserve is a part of the coastal dune landscape that stretches from Åhus for more than twenty kilometres to the south. In the southern part of the reserve there are giant sand dunes that are up to 20 metres high.

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Lichen-rich Pine Woodland The Birds’ Reserve In the west, towards the built-up area there is At the mouth of the river, furthest out towards an old woodland area owned by the crown. It is the sea, there are reed-covered shallows with Scots pine woodland that is rich in mosses and a large lagoon, Korran, and an open sandy lichens and was originally planted in order to beach. This area is reserved for birds. The area bind the drifting sand together. The woodland is filled with waders and small birds, particularly is now a very valuable nature area, primarily in late summer and autumn when they stop off with regard to lichens and insects. There is a on their way south. beech and oak woodland at Kungslunden (the Little Tern and Pied Avocet are among the King’s Grove) at the centre of the reserve. The species that nest in the lagoon area and on entire area is criss-crossed by footpaths. the sandbars. This part of the reserve is a bird On a trip to Äspet you can combine nature sanctuary and access is forbidden between 15 experiences with a dip in the sea. There is a March and 30 September. There are two bird public swimming beach down by the sea at towers that you can reach from the car park by Snickarehaken in the southern part of the the sea in the eastern part of the reserve. reserve. Here the pine are replaced by open dunes with sea lyme grass and marram grass.

More information • Established 1963. • 113 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The high sand dunes Rare Pied Avocet Naturreservatet WGS 84 Äspet lat 55.9232 long 14.3019 och bird Äspet tower lat 55.9192 long 14.3201 For Visitors Marked paths. Bird tower. Åhus

Directions Turn off road 118 that goes through Åhus. Drive south and come off towards Äspet and cross the river Helge Å using the bridge. Then take the left in on Åvägen. After 2.5 km you’ll reach a car park on the left hand side. Bus stop Åhus Äspetvägen.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 85 38 Kulturreservatet Örnanäs

This living memorial to human endeavour lies on a farm in the middle of the deep forest of north-eastern Skåne. Örnanäs has been a farm for five hundred years and the land bears the marks of the area’s history of cultivation, primarily during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Fägata vid Örnanäs

Skåne’s Only Culture Reserve they cut timber to build houses and fences, Örnanäs is Skåne’s only culture reserve. It is not firewood to warm themselves, collected simply nature that is protected here, rather the fodder for their animals and grazed their entire cultural heritage environment with its cows. The forest was significantly more varied landscape, buildings, knowledge and tradi- than contemporary forests. There were trees tions. Örnanäs Culture Reserve was inaugu- and shrubs of various ages mixed with grassy rated in 2006 and the aim is to demonstrate clearings. the development of a farm in the forest landscape. We get the opportunity to see how the Örnanäs Farm living environment and the landscape might Örnanäs was originally a single farm, but was have appeared over one hundred years ago. divided in two at the beginning of the 19th century. One of the farms was abandoned The Old Farmed Forest in the 1930s, since then there has again only Örsanäs is also home to one of the best been one farm. However, many relics of the examples of the farmed forests that developed abandoned farm remain, as do those of a croft in forested areas at the beginning of the 20th and other buildings that once stood in this century. It was the forest that provided for all place. There are also cairns – created when the of the farming household’s needs. In the forest land was cleared of rocks – and other signs of

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where the old lobate fields once lay. Large parts of the area are now kept open through grazing, and in 2012 forest grazing was reinstated in the farmed forest. On the land close to the farm, there are lots of older, pollarded trees such as lime, ash and birch. Pollarding was done to provide fodder for the animals. Leafy branches were cut in late summer and allowed to dry to be used as winter fodder.

Trollatorpet Several crofts were controlled by the farm at Örsanäs. The only one of these that remains is Trollatorpet, which has been occupied since at least 1740. Trollatorpet has a lovely setting by the lake Farlången, a couple of kilometres south- Trollatorpet west of Örnanäs Farm. This is also where you’ll find the culture reserve’s oldest buildings. The land around Trollatorpet is kept open by grazing.

More information • Established 2006. • 70 ha Grimsboda Don’t Miss Trollatorpet kulturreservatet Örnanäs Rare The farmed forest WGS 84 lat 56.3157 long 14.3028 For Visitors Trollatorpet Information signs and brochures.

Directions Örnanäs Culture Reserve is located in Osby Municipality, on the road between Sibbhult and Lönsboda. The turn off to the reserve, which is signposted, is just to the south of Grimsboda. Trollatorpet is a couple of kilometres from Örnanäs by the lake Farlången.

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The stream Borstbäcken runs through the tree-covered ravine on the slope to the north of the lake Vombsjön. Not so many people know about this place, but, for moisture-loving fungi and mosses, this place is an El Dorado. There are so many rare and threatened species here that we don’t have enough space to list them all. The clear, clean water in the stream also harbours many uncommon insects and fish.

Rich in Fungi the oxlip to Sweden in the Middle Ages. The The ravine was probably created as the ice oxlip was classified as a natural monument in melted 15,000 years ago. It cuts through the 1958 in the entire area around Övedkloster, clay shale plateau and is now a leafy ravine about 50 years before Borstbäcken became a with a stream. The woodland is filled with nature reserve. fungi with names that fire the imagination such as geranium milk-cap, watling toothed An Exceptional Stream powdercap and mealy bigfoot webcap. The You can see silvery spots on the bottom of nature reserve is considered one of Skåne’s the stream. These are small fish such as three- most species-rich areas for fungi. Wild garlic, spined stickleback, ninespine stickleback and White Anemones s and alternate-leaved minnow swimming quickly between the rocks golden saxifrage bloom in spring. in the stream. The quality of Borstabäcken’s The wet valley floor is also home to a rare clean water is always high which makes the relative of the cowslip. This is the oxlip, which stream the home of many rare molluscs, is only found in a few places in Sweden, among mayflies and stoneflies. The shady environ- them the steep slopes down towards the lake ment, with water that rushes over stones Vombsjön. It was probably the monks from benefits water-dwelling mosses. White- Övedskloster (Öved Monastery) who brought throated Dippers rest their legs on the rocks

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among smaller lattice-moss and long-beaked Oxlip water feather-moss.

The Battle of Borst In the 17th century, Borstbäcken was the site of a bloody battle. At a fording point over the stream, Swedish soldiers on horseback took on the Danish Army. The Swedes had been travelling round, plundering the manors around Övedskloster and Hjularöd to get food for the Swedish Army. The Danish Army had conscripted boys and men from Skåne to defend it against the Swedes, and the two sides met by the cold water of Borstbäcken. Many of the 500 men and boys from Skåne and 300 Swedish horsemen were killed and wounded on that March day in 1644. When the battle was over, the Swedes had won.

More information • Established 2009. naturreservatet • 46 ha. Borstbäcken • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The ravine Rare Oxlip WGS 84 lat 55.7086 long 13.5905 For Visitors The reserve has no marked paths.

Vombsjön

Directions Borstbäcken Nature Reserve lies in three municipalities: Eslöv, Hörby and Sjöbo. You can find it to the north of the lake Vombsjön, on the road between Harlösa and Sjöbo.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 89 40 Bäckhalladalen

Just north of Simrishamn lies an area of natural pasture. This was once part of the common pasture for the villages in the vicinity. Flat rocks that bear the scars of the wind and the ice are sandwiched between leaf-covered fissures and bushy grass heaths. The secretive Hazel Dormouse lives in the blackthorn, rose and hazel bushes, together with the luminous European tree frog.

Unique Geology bellied toad calling in the water. The bushy The bedrock consists of sandstone that was land is home to Europe’s densest population formed during the Cambrian Period, 500 of Hazel Dormouse. million years ago. In several places in the Bäckhalladalen is just to the north of reserve, the soil is so thin that the flat rocks Simrishamn, and in the south-western part have appeared on the surface. On them you which adjoins the built-up area, there are can see exciting traces of the time when the floodlit exercise paths and barbecue spots. bedrock was formed. There are large, well- preserved ripple marks – fossilised ridges formed in the sand of prehistoric beaches. Bird’s-eye Primrose You can also find glacial striation, traces of frost shattering and smooth rocks from the time when the ice sheets melted 15,000 years ago. In the higher parts of the reserve there is a great view out over the coastal landscape and the bay Hanöbukten.

Varied Vegetation The vegetation varies between dry and wet groves of broad-leaved trees, pastures with carr and bare flat rocks. The flora in Bäckhalladalen is rich in species, with more than 250 plants. Pasqueflower and wolf’s bane grow on the dry meadows, and there are bird’s-eye primrose and orchids on the wet meadows. The many small ponds in the reserve mean there are plenty of amphibians. Aside from the European tree frog, you can also here the European fire-

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More information • Established 1992. naturreservatet • 140 ha. Bäckhalladal • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss Fossilised wave patterns Rare The Common Dormouse WGS 84 lat 55.5759 long 14.3194 For Visitors Barbecue site. Toilet. Tables and benches. Floodlit path. Simrishamn

Directions Bäckhalladalen lies a couple of km north-north-west of Simrishamn. Drive south from Simrishamn towards Ystad; turn north just outside of Simrishamn, towards Gröstorp and Gladsax. In Gröstorp, take the second turning to the north (right); after about two km, you have arrived.

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Drakamöllan and the adjoining reserve Kumlan is a fabulous landscape with expansive grass heaths, unique sandy grassland habitats and groves of lush beech woodlands. An archaic system of cultivation, involving long periods of fallowness, has created a unique natural environment with a very special flora in this place. Sweet-scented St. Bernard’s Lily bloom on the hillsides, and in late summer the heath is radiant with purple heather flowers.

Archaic Agriculture Created Life in the Hills The gently rolling sandy hills were created when the inland ice sheet melted away. People learned early on how to utilise the easily- worked soil for cultivation. And when the trees were cut down in order to keep the alum works in Andrarum alive, the area became even more open. But the soil is not sufficiently rich in nutrients to permit gowning each year. Instead, shifting cultivation was introduced, which involved allowing the area to lie fallow after a couple of years of rye and buckwheat cultivation. Sometimes these fallow periods would last up to 10–20 years, during which the area was used as pasture. The result was an environment rich in species, where plants, fungi and animals that thrive in the mosaic of open exposed areas of sand and flowering vegetation have been given the space to live. Nectar-filled blossoms attract butterflies, among them the rare large blue. A section of the heath is burned each year to prevent the heather growing too high and taking over the open grass heaths.

Sand and Warmth Give Life The sandy ground has its own specific species; St. Bernard’s lily, sand lizards and mining bees are those that thrive in Drakamöllan and

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Kumlan. Dung beetles such as the horned Horned dung beetle dung beetle are also sand-lovers, but require there to be grazing animals on the land. Dung beetles utilise dung as food and bury it down in passageways under the dung. On lime-rich sections of Drakamöllan and the adjoining reserve, Kumlan, you’ll find the unique sandy grassland habitat, which consists of dry, treeless ground on lime-rich sandy soil. Blue Hair Grass, St. Bernard’s Lily and Sand Cat’s- Tailgrow here. However, if the ground is not disturbed, the lime leeches from the soil and latitudes. Unfortunately they can be hard to these species vanish. see, so perhaps you’ll just have to be satisfied with hearing their characteristic whistle. Land of the Golden Oriole They are mainly found in the broad-leaved There is a good chance of catching sight of woodland areas and along the river. a Golden Oriole at Drakamöllan. This yellow and black bird feels almost too exotic for our

More information • Drakamöllan 147 ha, established 1962. • Kumlan 34 ha, established 1971, expanded 1976 naturreservatet and 2012 Kumlan • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The undulating heaths Rare the butterfly Large blue WGS 84 lat 55.7596 long 14.1295 naturreservatet For Visitors Drakamöllan Marked paths. Tables and benches.

Directions One km south of Maglehem, at the road between Degeberga and Brösarp, you’ll see a sign pointing the way to the reserve. After 500 m on a narrow road, you’ll come to the car park and starting point for the walking route, see the directions map. There is a bus stop on road 19. Bus stop Maglehem Sockenvägen.

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The lake Gyllebosjön is like an oasis embedded in the lush woodland. There are great opportunities to both swim and hike in the leafy broad-leaved woodlands. Discover the exciting broad-leaved swamps along the woodland path or have a picnic at one of the prepared rest areas.

Woodland wood. This means that there are a lot of wood- The woodland around Gyllebosjön contains dwelling fungi, mosses and lichens, among many old trees and a large amount of dead them Pyrenula nitida and Bacidia rosella. In the wettest parts, mainly to the south of the lake, there are swamps with black alder, smaller carrs Common Dormouse and small open patches of still water. In these small ponds you can find northern crested newt, agile frog and European tree frog.

A Home for Common Dormouse The rare Common Dormouse thrives in bushy areas with hazel, blackberry and honeysuckle. It is not often that you’ll see this shy creature, but when the leaves fall in the autumn you should keep a look-out for the dormouse’s summer nest made of leaves grass and twigs. The Hazel Dormouse spends winters hibernating in its cosy nest under the roots of the tree.

Swim and Fish in the Gyllebosjön Gyllebosjön is the largest lake in Österlen (south-east Skåne). It is deep and clear and full of fish. There are both introduced species such as zander and rainbow trout and native species such as pike, perch and eel. There is an esker running along the bottom of the lake called Munkaryggen (the Monk’s Back). It is possible to by a fishing licence and hire boats through Gyllebosjön’s fish conservation area. There is a swimming area with a barbecue site and toilets in the southern part of the lake.

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Ride Around the Lake It is possible to ride around the whole of Gylle- bosjön on horseback on narrow roads, and there is a specially-built bridle-path on the northern side of the lake. There is also a resting place with space for the horse.

Gyllebo Castle and Ruined Fort Gyllebo Castle and the ruins of a fort lie on an islet in the lake, outside of the reserve itself. The buildings on the islet date back to the 13th century, the ruins are of the fort that Laurids Lauridsen Knob had built between 1538 and 1544.

More information • Established 2009. • 128 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss Beech woodlands around the lake naturreservatet Rare The Common Dormouse Gyllebo WGS 84 lat 55.6011 long 14.2020 For Visitors Marked paths. Toilet. Barbecue spots, tables and benches. Bridle-path. Östra Vemmerlöv

Directions Gyllebo lies in Simrishamn Municipality. Turn off road 11 between Simrishamn and Tomelilla towards Östra Vemmerlöv. North of the village there is a turn off to the left that is signposted for Gyllebo. The car park is by the swimming area on the eastern shore of the lake.

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For many centuries, the area around Kronovall Castle was used for grazing and haymaking. This has created the magnificent variety of flowers to be found in Kronovalls Store Vång Nature Reserve. You’ll find catsfoot, common milkwort and wolf’s bane – flowers that have long been part of the ancient cultivated landscape that our meadows and pastures comprise.

Expansive Pastures in the bushes throughout the rest of the year. Kronovalls Store Vång Nature Reserve consists The Red-backed Shrike nests in the hawthorn of a mosaic of pasture, with bush-covered hills bushes and Common Starling fly a shuttle and open pastures. In the sparse broad-leaved service between their nests in the old oak and woodlands there is an almost park-like lands- the open land where they find their food. cape with clearings and old, broad-crowned trees. The large, old lime trees are particularly Fallen Giants valuable. Fallen giant trees rest here and there. They now fulfil their last, but perhaps most important Spawning Ground of the Tree Frog duty; that of a home and food for wood- In early summer, when the blossoming dwelling insects and fungi. Trees that are hawthorn bushes glow white, the pastures allowed to remain in the woodland their entire are full of life. European tree frogs spawn in lives are important for biodiversity. the ponds around the nature reserve. They live

Catsfoot Arnica

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Fågeltofta More information • Established 2010. • 50 ha. • Natura 2000 area Kronovalls Don’t Miss The tree-covered pasture vinslott naturreservatet Rare Catsfoot, Common Lousewort, Arnica Kronovalls Store Vång WGS 84 lat 55.6388 long 14.0431 For Visitors Tables and benches. Marked trails.

Directions Kronovalls Store Vång is located in Tomelilla Municipality. The nature reserve is reached via a narrow road that turns off from the main road between Fågeltofta and Sankt Olof, just west of Kronovalls Vinslott.

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Tree-covered Listarumsåsen (Listarum Ridge) is a mighty esker that stretches out in the open plains landscape just north of Smedstorp. Once upon a time, the ridge was covered in open pasture with giant trees. Today, you can walk in a lush woodland filled with bird-songs.

Wooded Ridges and Open Pasture with a rich spring flora of Liverwort, Yellow The eskers in this area were formed by the Star-of-Bethlehem, Fumewort and the special rivers of melt-water that ran through Skåne Lungwort. The woodland is filled with bird- when the inland ice sheet melted away. In song. The typical songbirds of the broad- the 19th century this area was home to Djura- leaved woodland such as Blackcap, Wood backarne – hills with open, bushy pastures Warbler, Great Tit, Blue Tit and Nuthatch breed and the occasional wide-crowned tree. Today, here. The Eurasian Jay comes to visit in autumn, the ridges are covered in trees and only small on the hunt for huts and berries. areas of pasture and wet carr remain dotted Listarum Nature Reserve was established amongst the woodlands. in the 1970s in order to protect the ridges from gravel extraction. The reserve consists of three A Woodland in Transformation areas that lie within about three kilometres The woodland that is hundreds of years old, of Listarumsåsen. Because the ridge slopes which is dominated by oak and beech, has from north to south, various microclimates been allowed to grow freely. It has developed are created with variations in temperature and into a woodland area rich in variety, with a humidity on either slope. This means that you large number of bush and tree species. Here can find interesting differences in the vegeta- you’ll find every one of Sweden’s native broad- tion. leaved trees. The woodland will also continue to have Walk Here on the Gårdslösaleden Trail the opportunity to develop at its own pace, The trail that begins in Smedstorp is a 12 with trees of varying ages. By retaining dying km long nature and cultural heritage walk, and dead trees, habitats are created for a large crossing through two of the areas that make number of lichens, fungi and insects. Within up Listarumsåsen Nature Reserve. As a bonus the reserve there are woodlands of varying you also get Ljungavången Nature Reserve, an character, among these are wet birch carr and area in which the rare, threatened common areas that are dominated by lime. spadefoot toad spawns.

The Song and Floral Splendour of Spring Listarum Nature Reserve is at its most beautiful in spring. The ground is covered

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More information • Established 1976 and 1979 • 60 ha • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss A broad-leaved woodland with many species Listarumsåsen Rare The Eurasian Jay WGS 84 eastern parking lot lat 55.5738 long 14.1112 western parking lot lat 55.5687 long 14.0879 Smedstorp For Visitors Marked trails. Tables and benches.

Directions The reserve is located in Tomelilla Municipality, north of Smedstorp. Take the road from Smedstorp towards Sankt Olof. Car park on the left side, about 1.5 km north of Smedstorp church. There is a second car park that is reached by turning left just north of the church and then turning right after about 1 km.

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Along Skåne’s south-east coast, between Löderup and Mälarhusen, lies one of the largest and most valuable coastal dune areas in the country. The area is mostly protected by the reserves Hagestad, Hagestad Järarna, Backåkra and Sandhammaren.

Sand in Constant Motion An open sandy beach runs along the coast, The Reserve is More than Just Sand which attracts swimmers and sunbathers Inland of the beach at Hagestad, there is an in summer. The beaches along the coast of area of open dunes, heather and grass heath, south-east Skåne are, however, in a state of woodlands and carrs. The highest dunes can constant change. In stormy weather the be found along the beach to the east of the ridge Kåsebergaåsen – between Hammars stream Tyge Å that runs through the reserve. Backar and Löderup – is subject to serious Large parts of the area are covered with erosion. In recent year, the sea has reclaimed planted Scots pine that are mixed in with oak, more than 200 metres of beach at Löderups birch and other broad-leaved trees. Strandbad and in Hagestad Nature Reserve. The sand is then carried east by the coastal Oak Heath Woodland currents, towards Sandhammaren which is Here by the coast there are oaks with a special thus constantly expanding. growth pattern. They are low-growing, multi- trunked, creeping and knotty. The flora of this type of oak woodland is dominated by Lily of the Valley, which, in certain places, can cover all of the ground.

Rich Fauna The area contains a large number of small birds. Many small birds nest in the broad- leaved woodland, and keep a look-out on the open ground for the rare Tawny Pipit. In autumn and spring migrating sea-birds pass through here and large numbers of small birds such as thrushes, song birds and flycatchers often stop to rest. The sand lizard can be found in the warm areas of exposed sand. Hagestad and Sandhammaren constitute the only large area of woodlands in south-east Skåne and have a rich fauna which includes moose, roe deer, rabbits and squirrels.

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Sand lizard

Other Reserves Along the Coast long this stretch of coast are Hammars Backar- Other reserves or nature conservation areas a Kåseberga, Ystad Strandskog and Mälarhusen.

More information • Backåkra established 1958, 41 ha. • Hagestad established 1960, expanded 1993, about 320 ha. Hagestad Järarna • Hagestad Järarna established 2011, 84 ha Backåkra • Sandhammaren, established 1987, 625 ha. • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The sandy beach Sandhammaren Rare The Sand Lizard Hagestad WGS 84 Hagestad lat 55.3806 long 114.1389 och Sandhammaren lat 55.3859 long 14.1971 For Visitors Toilet, tables and benches. Marked trails. The Skåneleden Trail runs through the reserve.

Directions To reach Sandhammaren and the other reserves, follow the coast road between Kåseberga and Skillinge. From the coast road there are several turn offs down to the reserves and the swimming beach.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 101 46 Stenshuvud

Stenshuvud, with its sharp profile towards the bay Hanöbukten’s curved beach, has attracted people for a long time. As long ago as the 19th century, groups would come here to find a moment’s calm and enjoy the beauty of the area. In the park you can now experience almost all of the Skåne’s habitats in one day.

All of Skåne’s Nature in a Small Space that are specific to dry ground, are well worth In the national park there are many diffe- a visit. This is where you may be able to hear rent habitats in a small space. You can travel the Golden Oriole sing or see the Woodcock through broad-leaved woodlands, pastures take fright in the woods. Hazel Dormouse and and sandy heaths in just a couple of hours. tree frog are rare, but entirely probable guests The northern summit of Stenshuvud sits at 96 in the area. metres over sea-level and is the highest of the three viewpoints in the park. From here there Traces of Mankind is a view out over the Baltic coast all the way On the heather heath there is a stone burial up to Blekinge. chamber that is 4000 years old. There is You can find magical alder swamp in a wet thought to have been Stone Age settlement carr environment, dense hornbeam woodland in the northern part of the sandy heath, the with elements of wide-crowned beech and ’evidence’ being finds of several exciting flint oaks that bring to mind the time when farmers artefacts. kept grazing animals in the area. Meadows The remains of the wall of an ancient fort, built and heaths succeed one another and there is in c. 500 BCE, run around the southern summit. a soft sandy beach in the southern part of the This is perhaps where people sought refuge national park that runs into dramatic cliffs in in times of strife – the history of the fort is the north. The sandy heaths, with their species shrouded in darkness. There are stone walls all over the place, bringing to mind the time when cattle grazed here.

Grazing Animals Back on Stenshuvud Overgrowth is a big threat to the nature. About one hundred years ago, Stenshuvud was mostly open countryside with grazing cattle and people who utilised the woodland resources. The area became overgrown over the course of a period in the middle of the 20th century. Grazing animals have now returned to large parts of Stenshuvud. The help to keep the landscape open and increase the chances of greater biodiversity.

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The Highlight of Summer in June or a walk through cool broad-leaved A visit to Stenshuvud is always a wonderful woodland up to the summit on a hot summer’s nature experience, regardless of the time of hay are perhaps the park’s highlights. Don’t year. Begin with a visit to the visitor centre. The forget to end your visit with a dip in the clear abundance of flowers on the orchid meadow waters of the Baltic.

About the National Park Kivik • Established 1996 • 380 ha • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss The Hornbeam woodland nationalparken Rare Barren strawberry Stenshuvud WGS 84 lat 55.6558 long 14.2677 For Visitors Toilet. Tables and benches. Marked trails.

Directions Stenshuvud National Park lies in Simrishamn Municipality. The visitor centre is at the main entrance to the park. Stenshuvud National Park is just south of Kivik, 15 km north of Simrishamn. From road 9 there are signs for the national park. From Kivik, it is about 3 kilometres to the northern side of the park.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 103 47 Sträntemölla

The magnificent hilly countryside south of Rörum is not as well-known as Brösarps Backar, but that doesn’t mean that it is less worthy of a visit. In Sträntemölla Nature Reserve you can wander over rolling hills, in stately beech woodlands and rest by rushing water.

River of the Mills oldest water-mills. Sträntemölla dates back The river Rörums Södra Å has cut a deep to the 14th century and, although the mill is channel into the bedrock between the hills. no longer working, it is an example of a well- The force of the water has been utilised, preserved old farm and mill environment. and in the reserve there is one or Sweden’s Further upstream, outside of the reserve, lie the remains of another mill – Forsemölla. Here you’ll find walls of rock rising vertically alongside the waterfall. It is a lovely place to rest your legs and have a nice cup of tea.

Birds of the Rapids Both Grey Wagtail and White-throated Dipper breed by the river, and your chances of seeing them is best by the mills and in those parts of the river where there are rapids. The water in the river is clean and has a rich fauna with several rare Caddisflies.

Varied Grazing Landscape The great variety in the hills, with pasture, stone walls, bushes and groves of trees, provides a habitat for many animals and plants. This has been a stronghold of the Hazel Dormouse and even today you can find the nest that this little Kingfisher mouse has built in the densest brush.

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More information • Established 1976 • 35 ha. Rörum • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss Waterfall Sträntemölla Rare Bechstein’s bat WGS 84 lat 55.6181 long 14.2387 For Visitors Marked trails. Tables and benches

Directions The reserve lies on both sides of the road between Rörum and Östra Vemmerlöv. There is a car park adjacent to the road. The mill is normally closed, but is open to the public on special occasions.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 105 48 Svartskylle

Svartskylle Nature Reserve is an hidden gem on the edge of the valley Fyledalen. Kites and Golden Eagles patrol the skies over the pastures filled with small mirror- like ponds. On warm spring evenings, European tree frogs can be heard croaking in the bushes around the ponds. The European Fire-Bellied Toad’s more modest call can even be heard in the daytime.

The Best Sites for Amphibians in Sweden can find common sundew, an insect-eating Svartskylle Nature Reserve lies in Sweden’s plant, and in autumn you can look for cranber- best area for amphibians. The pastures are full ries. Lime-rich water seeps from around the of ponds which amphibians flock to in spring edges of the bog, providing the conditions and early summer in order to find a mate and for a rich carr. Bird’s-eye primrose and orchids reproduce. There are both common species flower among the tussocks in early summer. and those that are more exclusive such as European Fire-Bellied Toad, northern crested Lake with Bird Tower newt and European tree frog. There is a lake, Hassle Sjö, at the entrance to The European Fire-Bellied Toad was intro- the reserve. This is where you will find a bird duced in the 1990s and their call – which tower that you can use both for watching sounds like a church bell far in the distance – birds out on the lake and for listening to the can now be heard. Take along a picnic basket amphibian chorus. Red-necked Grebe live in and listen to the chorus of birds and amphi- the lake and its relative the Little Grebe can bians on a warm spring day. When dusk falls, also sometimes be seen. These small, chubby the tree frogs get going. Their intensive, harsh birds spend almost all of their time in the water call fills the air when several males set about and can be seen them swimming in and out of challenging one another, and this choir can be the vegetation along the edge of the lake. The heard from several kilometres away. bird’s Swedish name smådoppningen (Little Dipper) points to their tendency to dip under Raised Bog and Rich Carr the water and dive to the bottom to find food. In the western part of the reserve there is a Their small chicks spend their early days on shallow-domed cupola of sphagnum mosses, their parents’ backs. what is called a raised bog. This is where you

European Fire-bellied Toad

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Red-necked Grebe

More information • Established 2005. • 80 hectar • Natura 2000 area naturreservatet Don’t Miss Bird’s-eye primrose, orchids Svartskylle Rare European Fire-Bellied Toad, European Tree Frog WGS 84 lat 55.5339 long 13.7836 For Visitors Bird tower. Tables and benches. Sövestad

Directions Svartskylle Nature Reserve lies in Ystad Municipality. You can find the reserve on the eastern side of the road between Sjöbo and Ystad, just north of Sövestad. Turn in towards Baldringe. After about one kilometre, the reserve is on the right hand side.

European Fire-bellied Toad

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 107 49 Vitemölla och Haväng

Sand and sea meet at Vitemölla. It seems like the sandy beach goes on forever and with your feet in the sand you can see the coastline stretch towards Stenshuvud and Blekinge. Vitemölla is perhaps most well-known for its unique sandy steppe grassland, but it is also a place where you can also enjoy the leafy broad-leaved woodland, a rippling stream and knotty Scots pines that provide shade on sunny summer days.

Tawny Pipit

Flowers of the Steppe Stonecrop are also an important environment Vitemölla has more in common with the for sand-dwelling insects. A mosaic of Russian Steppe and the Hungarian Puszta than vegetation and exposed sand is required in you might think. It is not simply the warm, dry order for the sand-dwelling plants and animals climate that unites them, but also the rare to thrive. Antlion larvae lure passing ants in the sandy steppe grassland habitat. The lime-rich warm sand. The larvae bury themselves in a sand creates an environment that supports funnel-shaped hole and wait for their prey to plants that cannot be found in any other fall down into the hole. The Tawny Pipit also environment – Blue Hair grass, Sand Pink and requires land with patches of exposed sand. St. Bernard’s Lily are some of the characteristic Here in Vitemölla you can see it running about species of the sandy steppe grassland. on the bare sand hunting insects for its chicks. Vitemölla is perhaps the most important area of sandy steppe grassland in Sweden. Haväng The open sandy heath with its white Sand Out by the sea, at the mouth of the river Pinks, violet pillow of Wild Thyme and yellow Verkeån, there was a harbour that was used streaks of Dwarf Everlast and Goldmoss up until the 17th century. At low water you

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can see the row of piles and stones that were used as a breakwater. This is where the Haväng Dolmen lies with a view out over the sea. It is a burial chamber from the Neolithic Period that was built about 5,500 years ago. The dolmen lay buried under sand for a long time, but in 1843 a storm blew away the sand to reveal the monument. Adjacent to the site is a hostel called Skepparpsgården.

Follow the River into the Woods The river Verkeån runs into the sea in the northern part of the reserve. If you follow this upstream, you can hike many kilometres through the various nature reserves along the course of the river. There are marked trails and both places to both rest and spend the night. Where the woodland meets the water, you can see Kingfisher flash past like a neon-blue rocket or Grey Wagtail resting on the rocks in the clear water.

More information • Established 1964 Haväng • 115 ha • Natura 2000 area Don’t Miss Sand pink, St. Bernard’s lily naturreservatet Rare The Tawny Pipit Vitemölla WGS 84 Haväng lat 55.7247 long 14.9334 och Vitemölla lat 55.7014 long 14.2039 For Visitors Toilets at Haväng and Vitemölla Vitemölla

Directions Vitemölla Nature Reserve is easiest to get to by car from the north, cap park at Haväng, or via Havängs Sommarby to the car park just north of Klammersbäck. To get to both, turn east off road 9 between Brösarp and Kivik. If coming by bus, it is easiest to get off at Vitemölla and walk into the reserve from the south. From the car park at Haväng there is a wide path made of wooden planks down to the sandy beach.

Discover skåne’s nature reserves 109 All Nature Reserves In Skåne

This is a list of all of nature reserves and nature conservation areas in Skåne, divided by municipality (as of May 2013). The reserves that have been presented in this book are also included in the list. There are more information about each nature reserve on Länsstyrelsen’s website: www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane *=municipal nature reserve, **=nature conservation area

Bjuv Eslöv/Hörby/Sjöbo Hjorthagen Wrams Gunnarstorp** Borstbäcken Åvarp Åvarps Fälad Helsingborg Allerums mosse Bromölla Borgen Naturvårdsområdet Pestbacken** Christinelunds Ädellövskogsreservat Djupadal Domsten-Viken Ljungryda-Östafors Bruk Duvestubbe* Näsums bokskogar Fjärestad Gantofta Grollegrund* Burlöv/Lomma Knähaken* Södra Lommabukten med Tågarps hed Kulla-Gunnarstorps naturreservat Rååns dalgång Båstad Småryd* Axelstorps skogar Svedberga Kulle Bjärekusten Vegeåns Mynning Englandsdal Väla Skog Grevie åsar Ättekullla* Hallands Väderö Örby ängar* Hallandsås Nordsluttning Korup med Älemossen och Lya Ljunghed Hässleholm Lyadalen Göingeåsen Stora Hults Fälad Maglö Ekar Stora Hults Strand Ubbalt Täppesås Åraslövs mosse

Eslöv Höganäs Abullahagen Bölsåkra-Tranekärr Billingemölla Görslövsåns mader Bosarps Jär Lunnabjär Eslövs allmänning* Möllehässle Nabben, Arild

110 discover skåne’s nature reserves Nyhamnsläge-Lerhamn Östra Bosjöklosterhalvön Nyhamnsläge-Strandbadens kusthedsreservat Rönnen Klippan Skäret Linneröd** Strandhagen, Arild Herrevadskloster Väsby Strandmark Klippan/Åstorp/Svalöv Västra Kullaberg Klöva hallar Östra Kullaberg

Hörby Askebacken med Lyby stubbskottäng Fjällmossen: Viggarum Fulltofta Fulltofta-Häggenäs Hjällen Hörby Fälad Råby hällor* Sniberups Fälad Timan

Höör Allarps Bjär Dagstorp Ekastiga Klintaskogen Lillö Munkarps Fälad Munkarps Jär Rövarekulan Södra Hultarp Tegeldammarna/ Lergravarna* Ullstorp Västra Bosjöklosterhalvön

discover skåne’s nature reserves 111 Klippan/Svalöv Lyngsjö äng Traneröds mosse, Grindhus och Lilla Klåveröd Lägerholmen Kristianstad Maltesholm Balsberget Näsby fält Bjära Olarp Björkerödsbäcken Pulken - Yngsjön Boarps Hed Rinkaby och Horna ängar Brotorpet Skärsnäs Degeberga backar* Tosteberga Ängar Dunderbäcken Vramsåns mynning Egeside Åbjär Fjälkinge Backe Åby ängar Forsakar med Lillaforsskogen Årummet* Fredriksdalsviken Åsums ängar och Åsumallet Friseboda Äspet Gropahålet Hercules Kristianstad/Sjöbo/Tomelilla Horna sjömark Verkeåns naturreservat, Agusa - Hallamölla Hovby ängar Håslövs Ängar Kävlinge Isternäset Dagstorps mosse Klintabäcken Järavallen Kumlan Löddeåns Mynning (Norra delen)

112 discover skåne’s nature reserves Salvikens Strandängar Stora Harrie mosse

Landskrona Glumslövs naturvårdsområde** Exercisfälte* Gråen Hilleshögs Dalar Kvärlövs naturområde* Osen vid Saxån Vens Backafall

Lomma Domedejla mosse med omgivningar * Löddeåns Mynning (Södra delen) Slättängsdammarna* Östra Dammen i Lomma

Lund Häckeberga naturvårdsområde** Billebjer Dalby fälad no 5* Dalby Norreskog Maskängen Dalby Västermark Måryd Dörröds Fälad Prästaskogen Fågelsångsdalen Rinnebäcksravinen* Gryteskog Risen Humlamaden Rökepipan* Häckeberga Skrylle Häckeberga - Degebergahus Stångby Mosse Häckeberga - Husarahagen Sularpskärret* Häckeberga - Skoggård Hällestadsåsen-Borelund Lund/Sjöbo Hällestadsåsen-Prästamöllan Klingavälsåns Dalgång Högebjär Klingavälsåns dalgång-Vombs ängar Malmö Knivsås-Borelund Bunkeflo strandängar* Kungsmarken Limhamns kalkbrott* Linnebjer

discover skåne’s nature reserves 113 Osby Stenberget Nytebodaskogen Zimmermans Backe Osby Skansar Staffanstorp Perstorp Vallby Mosse Uggleskogen* Svalöv Simrishamn Gällabjer Bäckhalladalen Lia-Ängen Esperöd Nackarps naturreservat Gyllebo Svenstorp-Bolshus fälad* Impan Mälarhusen Svedala Sandby backar Eksholm Simris strandängar Hunneröds mosse och Frisbjär Skansen* Lemmeströtorp Stenshuvud Norre Wång Sträntemölla Prästaskogen Svabesholm Vitemölla Strandbackar Tomelilla Benestads backar Simrishamn/Tomelilla Drakamöllan Verkeån, delomr. I Högaborg Kronovalls Store vång Sjöbo Listarumsåsen Ekskiftet-Linneskogen Ljungavången Frihult Tryde Froenahejdan Verkeån, delomr. II:2, Blästorp Humlarödshus fälad Örups almskog, kärr och ängar Lindskiftet-Linneskogen Lövestads åsar Trelleborg Navröd Beddinge Strandhed** Ramnakullabackarna Dalköpinge Ängar Riddarehagen-Simontorp Fårabackarna* Vitabäckshällorna Maglarps sandgrop*

Skurup Vellinge Skönabäck** Falsterbohalvöns Havsområde Hästhagen Flommen Mossbystrand (Abbekåsstranden) Gavelsbjer

114 discover skåne’s nature reserves Kämpinge Strandbad Ljungskogens och Ljunghusens Strandbad Måkläppen Norra Ljunghusen Skanör-Höll Skanörs Ljung

Vellinge/Malmö Foteviksområdet

Ystad Hammars backar - Kåsebergaåsen** Ingelstorps mosse** Backåkra Bjersjöholms ädellövskog Hagestad Hagestad - Järarna Högestads Mosse Lybeck Norra Sandskogen* Sandhammaren Skoghejdan Svartskylle Ystads sandskog

Åstorp Dynget

Ängelholm Prästängen Ängelholms strandskog

Östra Göinge Dalshult Grävlingabackarna Matsalycke Sporrakulla

discover skåne’s nature reserves 115 In this book we present a selection of the fantastic natural areas in Skåne that are protected for the future. This is only a handful of the protected areas in Skåne and we have chosen areas that reflect the variety of habitats that Skåne contains.

We invite you to discover our national parks and nature reserves.

www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane/naturreservat

Östra Boulevarden 62A, 291 86 Kristianstad Kungsgatan 13, 205 15 Malmö Tel 044/040-25 20 00, Fax 044/040-25 25 00 E-post [email protected] www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane