Trässö, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Trässö, in the borderland between bare, undeveloped islets in the east and forested mainland in the west. Windswept, lean pine forest covers almost the entire island. The forest is virtually untouched and has a wild character.
Barren rocky areas
On Trässö you walk over more or less wooded rocky areas. Along the western shore, the gray rock plunges down to the sea in steep cliffs. The eastern shore is more low-lying, here the rock is shaped like mighty whale ridges that break the water surface. The island's windswept forest is low-growing and dominated by pine.
The inhabitants of the pine
Old pine trees provide homes, shelter and food for a range of plants and animals. The older a pine tree is, the more valuable it is as a home. Many of the pine's inhabitants are small and can be difficult to spot. These include ants, beetles and caterpillars that live under the bark or inside the trunk. But small holes and tunnels in the pine bark and roots reveal that you have found a beetle's home. The bugs become food for the birds of the forest.
Traces of ancient archipelago inhabitants
The southern part of Trässö was once inhabited. You can still see traces of the settlement in the form of a number of house foundations. And to the east and north of the old courtyard, well-made stone walls wind around. As a resident of the archipelago, you had to have many strings to your bow. The people of Trässö made their living from farming, fishing and livestock, but they also picked berries and grew fruit. The settlement on Trässö was abandoned in 1929.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Year of decision: 1973
Area: 69 hectares
Municipality: Västervik
Landowner: Individual
Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
About 7 km northeast of Loftahammar. The reserve can only be reached by boat. There is a mooring for visitors on the south-western part of the island. The fishing village of Flatvarp, eight kilometers north of Trässö, is the nearest major port to start from.To protect the natural values, camping is only allowed at the designated site on the southeastern part of the island.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Damage or remove fixed natural objects or surface formations.
- Hunt, kill, capture or harm wild mammals, birds or their young.
- remove or damage eggs or nests
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Bring a dog that is not on a leash.
- Camping in a place other than designated sites.
- Putting up a caravan or similar.
- Disturbing the environment with loud noises such as music, video or radio.
Full regulations
The public must observe the following within the nature reserve.
It is forbidden to:
- destroy or damage fixed natural objects or surface formations
- hunt, kill, capture or injure wild animals or birds or their young, or appropriate the eggs or nests of birds or take any other action that may disturb wildlife
- bring an unleashed dog
- camping other than in a designated place
- set up a caravan;
- use radio, TV, gramophone, tape recorder and the like in a disruptive manner.
Contact
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Per Markus Jönsson
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