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Photo: Malin Miller
Rälla-Ekerum, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Rälla-Ekerum is a popular nature area that is appreciated by many, from walkers and dog owners to berry and mushroom pickers. Plants and animals also thrive here. The nature reserve's delicate deciduous forests, lush swamp forests, sandy pine forests and aquatic environments are home to a diversity of species.
Pasture and royal wild boar hunting
The broadleaf forests in Rälla-Ekerum are a remnant of a five-mile long deciduous forest belt that once stretched from Borgholm down to Kastlösa. The forest was called Strandskogen and was used as pasture for hundreds of years. The pasture near the shore belonged to the king's hunting grounds until the 19th century, just like all the outlying land on Öland. In 1723, King Fredrik planted some 50 wild boars in the area. Even today, there are traces of what are believed to be trapping pits where the boars were forced down during the hunt.
Vital oaks
In Rälla-Ekerum's broadleaf forests there are plenty of large, hollow oaks. These trees are vital for a wide range of birds, bats, insects, lichens and fungi. Many of the species are rare and also live in the nearby nature reserve. But in Halltorp, the oaks are much older, and younger trees are missing. The idea is that the oaks here in Rälla-Ekerum will replace Halltorp's old oaks in the future.
Forest for moisture lovers
The reserve's lush swamp forests are home to many mosses, fungi and plants. Beautiful pale green downy moss grows here, as well as the orchid, the helleborine, which lacks chlorophyll and is therefore brown. In the fall, the fragrant red-yellow trumpet mushroom appears in the thick moss mats.
Sand from the ice age
In the middle of the reserve, a 25 meter high cliff rises from north to south. The cliff marks the western edge of Rällafältet or Rälla tall, one of Öland's largest ice river deposits. The sandy glacial river material was deposited in front of the melting ice edge at the end of the last ice age. In some places the sand has blown together to form sand dunes.
Valuable sandy soils
On the dry, lean sandy soils of the reserve, pine is a characteristic species. Some of the pines are very old and have been listed since the 1920s. The pine tick and the relict buck are examples of species that need these old pines to survive. Adjacent to the golf course there are also open sand heaths, where bees and other insects thrive. There are plenty of flowers here that provide insects with nectar and pollen. And in the sun-warmed sandy areas, bees can dig out their nests.
Below the surface
Rälla-Ekerum also protects shallow marine areas with extensive eelgrass beds. These underwater meadows are where fish go to spawn. The meadows are also valuable for young fish, as they provide a protective environment that is also rich in food.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Decision year: 2020
Area: 603 hectares of which 251 hectares are land
Municipality: Borgholm
Landowners: Individuals
Manager: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
The reserve is located on the western side of central Öland at the height of Rälla village. If you go here by car, there is parking at the Halltorps hage nature reserve, which connects to Rälla-Ekerum. You can also park at the entrance to Rälla farm in the eastern part of the reserve, at the memorial grove and at the windmill on Ljungheden.By bus: Bus stops are located along road 136, including in Rälla. Contact Kalmar länstrafik for timetables.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Park a vehicle, caravan or trailer in any place other than designated parking spaces.
- Drive a motorboat or other motorized craft in the water area at a speed higher than 7 knots.
- Driving personal watercraft.
- Fishing or using gear that in any way damages the seabed or the flora and fauna in the water area.
- Mooring or anchoring a boat in the same place for more than 24 hours.
- Camping for more than 24 hours in the same place.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Hunting, killing, capturing or harming wild mammals, birds or their young.
- Climbing trees with nests.
- Being near a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow.
- Make a fire anywhere other than in designated areas or outdoor kitchens.
- Bringing an off-leash dog into pastures during the grazing season.
- Damage or remove trees or shrubs that are growing or dead.
If you have received permission from the County Administrative Board, you may:
- Pick or damage mosses, lichens or woodland fungi.
- Dig or pull up vascular plants.
- Set traps to collect insects that are then killed.
- erecting a board, sign, poster or similar device or making inscriptions
- Marking out tracks or setting up an orientation control
- Driving or landing a hovercraft, hydrocopter, low-flying aircraft or similar craft. You may use drones for operation and maintenance work on power lines.
- Use the area for competitions, exercises or other events.
Full regulations
C. Regulations according to Chapter 7, Section 30 of the Environmental Code on the right to travel and stay and on order in general within the nature reserve.
It is forbidden to enter the reserve:
- park motor vehicles, caravans or trailers other than in the designated place.
- drive a motorboat, jet ski or other motorized craft at a speed of more than 7 knots.
- engage in fishing or other activities with gear that disturbs or otherwise damages the seabed or plant and animal communities in the water area
- mooring or anchoring a boat for more than 24 hours in the same place
- camping in the same place for more than 24 hours
- injuring or deliberately disturbing mammals, birds and other vertebrates, climbing nest trees or staying near a bird of prey's nest, lair or pot
- make fires other than in open-air kitchens or in specially designated places
- Bring an unleashed dog into pastures during the grazing season.
- Break branches, cut down or damage living or dead trees or bushes.
It is forbidden to do so without the permission of the County Administrative Board:
- pick mosses, lichens or woody fungi except for single specimens for species identification.
- digging or pulling up vascular plants
- collecting insects or other invertebrates with traps that kill
- placing a sign, board, poster, art object, carving, marking or similar.
- Take off or land with motorized aircraft and paragliders or fly with drones. Drones may be used for operation and maintenance work on pipelines.
- carry out competitions, events or equivalent organized activities that can significantly change the natural environment or have a significant impact on outdoor life.
Contact
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Per Markus Jönsson
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