Photo: Robert Ekholm
Photo: Ingegerd Erlandsson/Länsstyrelsen
Photo: Robert Ekholm
Photo: Robert Ekholm
Photo: Robert Ekholm
Photo: Robert Ekholm
Photo: Robert Ekholm

Almö

Nature reserve

County: Blekinge län
6883.66 km away from you

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Description

Almö is a popular destination. People come here to swim, have picnics or walk the trails. In the northern part of the nature reserve there is attractive pasture land with oak trees and leafy deciduous woods. To the south, an open landscape takes over, with heaths, rocky outcrops and coastal meadows.

The nature reserve preserves the open landscape that people here have been using for summer grazing for centuries.

If you are lucky, in the summer, you can hear the sound of Blekinge’s provincial animal, the stag beetle. The largest insect in Europe, it can grow to a gigantic eight centimetres long. Your highest chance of spotting it is for a few weeks from early June.

Almö is rich in bird life. Besides the rare barred warbler, you can also spot the common rosefinch, the red-backed shrike and the common whitethroat.

The rules for the nature reserve are shown in the link below but, for example, you are not permitted to pitch a tent for more than 48 hours, or light fires where there is no site designated for campfires, and dogs must be kept on a lead (other than when hunting).

Source: County Administrative Board

Activities And Facilities

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Year of protection: 1987

Municipality: Ronneby

Characteristics: Open and wooded pastures, woodland, coastal meadows, coast and sea, archipelago islands

Area: 889 hectares, of which 321 hectares are land and 568 hectares water

Landowner: Private

Manager: Blekinge County Administrative Board

Type of protection: Nature reserve and Natura 2000

Facilities: Golf course

Turn south at the Hasslö roundabout, on the E22 between Karlskrona and Ronneby. Almö is signposted and is 4 km from the E22. There are marked car parking areas by the side of the road. The closest bus stops are at “Golfbanan Almö” (the golf course), Slätthammar, Hajvar Almö and the Hasslö bridge, all along the road through the nature reserve. The closest bus stop is “Gravfältet Almö”.

You are welcome to visit Almö, but please note that it is not allowed to

dig or otherwise damage solid natural objects or surface formations, for example by knocking down mooring rings
digging up plants
damage living or dead trees and shrubs
disturb wildlife, for example by close-up photography
driving motorized vehicles other than on designated roads
anchoring or mooring boats for more than two days other than at permitted jetties
setting up caravans or motorhomes for overnight stays other than in designated places for a maximum of two days
camping for longer than two days
making fires other than in designated places
bring a dog without a leash except when hunting
use a sound system in a disruptive manner
put up a board, poster, poster, sign or similar.