Folhammar, Naturreservat

Nature reserve

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County: Gotlands län

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Description

Both prams and wheelchairs can be brought to Folhammar. A paved path and adapted barbecue areas allow everyone to experience the exciting rauks up close. Many couples have been married in the reserve!
The Folhammar nature reserve stretches along the shore from the mouth of the Halsgårdeån river south down to Vitvär's fishing village, a distance of 1.8 kilometers. In the central part of the reserve there is a beautiful, 500 meter long rauk field consisting of a large number of up to six meter high rauks. The reef limestone that the rauks are made of is rich in fossils, mainly of stromatoporoids, "cat skulls", but there are also remains of sea lilies. The rauk field is framed by shingle beaches that both north and south gradually change into sandy beaches.

On the beach slope 200 meters southwest of the parking lot there is one of Gotland's most beautiful occurrences of the protected plant martorn. Otherwise, the beach vegetation is dominated by herbs such as bluebell, field bindweed, cleavers, sand lettuce and vetch. In some places, there are stands of water primrose, a garden escapee that has established itself on several Gotland sandy beaches.

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Activities And Facilities

Year of protection: 1974
Parish: Ardre
Characteristics: Marshes and shingle beach
Area: 77 hectares (17 ha land and 60 ha water)
Landowners: Private
Administrator: County Administrative Board of Gotland
Form of protection: Nature reserve

For everyone's well-being and to maintain the reserve's natural and cultural values, it is important that all visitors show consideration. In addition to the right of public access, it is not allowed to:

damage the land or vegetation
disturb wildlife,
bring an unleashed dog,
light fires other than in specially designated places,
drive motorized vehicles other than on designated roads
parking other than in specially designated places
camping or putting up a house or trailer
moor or launch a boat without the permission of the landowner. Such permission may only relate to the designated area,
ride horses
organize orientation checks or marked trails
affix a board, poster, placard, sign, inscription or similar device.