• Rösen på Furön
    Rösen på Furön
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Furön, Naturreservat

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Description

This island in the middle of the sea is unique in many ways. It is made of sandstone and has a very long cultural history. There are traces of man here from the Bronze Age to the present day.

Geology

Furön is located in the sea, 1 mile due east from Oskarshamn. The island is made up of 500 million year old sandstone from the Cambrian period. This bedrock is younger than the bedrock archipelago around Västervik in the north, but older than the moraine archipelago down towards Kalmar.

Sanctuary for long-distance migrants

The eastern part of the island is set aside as a bird protection area with access prohibited during the period 1/4 - 31/7. The reason for this is that Furön has a special and worthy of protection breeding bird fauna. There is, among other things, a colony of Caspian terns, the world's largest tern, a species that is highly endangered both in Sweden and throughout the rest of the Baltic Sea area. The Caspian tern, like other terns, is a true long-distance migrant and winters in the Niger Delta in tropical West Africa. It is best recognized by its size (somewhat larger than a seagull) and its powerful, blood-red beak. It often announces its presence with a loud, hoarse call. Other species that nest on Furön are the eider, blackbird, common tern and avocet.

Exciting nature

The island's nature is dominated by the sea. There is no continuous forest here, only a few pine trees and some spruce, oxel and rowan. Around the globe grow some groves of alder. The land is otherwise dominated by junipers, sloes and rose hips, but in places large shingle fields spread out. They are remnants of the land uplift and the swelling of the sea.

Cultural environment

On Furön there are remains from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Middle Ages. The traces continue right into our time with the remains of a quarry from the first half of the 20th century. The ancient remains consist of graves, house foundations after seasonal fishing camps, a dug canal and boat landings. A boat slip is a sheltered mooring between two rows of stones. Furön used to have a pilot station. It was in use until 1965, when the crew was moved to the main station in Oskarshamn.

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Activities And Facilities

  • Nature reserve

Facts

Year of decision: 1995
Area: 94 hectares of which 36 hectares is land
Municipality: Oskarshamn
Landowners: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and individuals
Manager: Kalmar County Administrative Board

Directions

The reserve is located in Kalmarsund about 10 km east of Oskarshamn. You are welcome to moor your own boat at the old pilot pier in Västra hamnen. A footpath runs around the island. Respect the residents - do not go too close to the houses.

Regulations

In the nature reserve you are not allowed:

  • Damage or remove fixed natural objects or surface formations.
  • Damage fixed ancient remains (such as stone walls, cairns, etc.).
  • Make a fire.
  • Damage or remove growing trees or bushes.
  • Breaking twigs.
  • Digging, pulling up or picking plants or plant parts.
  • Picking or damaging mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
  • Hunting, killing, capturing or harming wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds.
  • remove or damage eggs or nests
  • Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
  • Bringing dogs that are not on a leash.
  • Camping, setting up a hide or similar.
  • Drive any vehicle or craft.
  • Use the area for competition or training.
  • Driving jet skis or water skiing.
  • Driving or landing hydrocopters.
  • Drive a motorboat or other motorized craft in the water area at a speed greater than 5 knots.
  • During April 1 - July 31, you are only allowed to be in the areas marked on the map that you can see further down the page, or on site in the reserve.

After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may be allowed:

  • Conduct survey or research.

Full regulations

C. Regulations according to Chapter 7, Section 30 of the Environmental Code on the right to travel and stay in the reserve and on order in general.

In addition to what otherwise applies, it is prohibited to:

  1. damage or remove natural objects or surface formations
  2. damage fixed ancient remains
  3. light fires
  4. damage or remove trees or bushes, break twigs, pick or dig up plants; this also applies to mosses, lichens and fungi
  5. hunt, kill, capture or injure wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds, remove or damage eggs or nests or otherwise disturb wildlife
  6. bring an unleashed dog
  7. camp, set up a hiding place or similar
  8. drive any kind of vehicle or craft on the land
  9. organize competitions or training therefore
  10. operate a jet ski or hydrocopter, water ski or motorboat at a speed of more than 5 knots
  11. during the period April 1 - July 31, travel or stay within the area marked on the attached decision map.

Scientific or other studies must be carried out in consultation with the County Administrative Board.

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Per Markus Jönsson

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