Gamla fågeltornet, Angarnssjöängen

Protected since: 1982

Size: 565 hectares of which water 1.8 hectares

Character: wetland, lake, agricultural landscape

Municipality: Vallentuna

Landowners: Stockholm city, Vallentuna municipality, state and private

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Form of protection : nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Angarn SE110034

Follow the Sjöängsslingan trail from the entrances at Örsta or Skesta hage.

In order to protect the Angarnssjöängen nature reserve, please respect the following rules. Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

1. destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, cutting, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar,
2. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees and bushes, or damage the vegetation in general by digging up plants, such as shrubs, herbaceous plants, mosses, lichens or remove fungi growing on wood,
3. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians),
4. trap and collect invertebrates,
5. bring dogs that are not on a leash,
6. make a fire outside of designated sites,
7. put up a message board, placard, poster, sign or make inscriptions,
8. bicycle off-road,
9. operate a motorboat within the seagrass meadows,
10. camp outside of designated sites. Camping within these sites is only allowed for a maximum of two consecutive nights,
11. during the period of April 1 - September 30, traverse the bird protection area on the reserve map (“Fågelskyddsområde” in Swedish), Appendix 1 in the reserve proclamation,
12. ride horses on the trails marked as forbidden on the map in the reserve proclamation ("Stig med ridförbud" in Swedish), Appendix 1 in the proclamation.

The complete reserve rules and proclamation can be found [on the County Administrative Board's website (in Swedish)] (https://www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/besoksmal/naturreservat/angarnssjoangen.html).