Västerbottens län
Here you have the opportunity to look at the conglomerate rock right next to the road. DESCRIPTION About 1.5 km before, west of, the junction with the road to Björkås, the unique rock type Vojtjakonglomerate is visible directly at the roadside. A conglomera…
Wild reindeer and elk used to be caught in trapping pits. The oldest pits are dated to 5000 BC. The trapping method was then used until the 1st century AD. Here in Solberg there are 24 trapping pits that are easily accessible from Laisholmsvägen. Dry fine p…
The Ammarnäs delta is an important resting place for many of Vindelfjällen's migratory birds. Here they have an opportunity to rest while waiting for spring to reach higher up the mountain. Among the bird species that use the area every year are the barnacl…
**OBS: Ersmarksberget is located on the Umeå Garrison military training ground. There is a sign indicating when the area is cordoned off. The orchids norna, woodruff and night violet grow here, as well as other species such as wood anemone, wood anemone, ea…
Storsand's Natura 2000 site is a 200-meter wide beach in a shallow bay in Bäckfjärden. The beach, which is unexploited, is home to, among other things, oyster mushrooms and oyster vines. The beach extends well up on land where some pine trees grow. The area…
The Brattby Natura 2000 site contains grazed meadows that are flooded during the spring flood of the Ume River. The lowlands along the northern rivers were traditionally managed by haymaking or grazing, and were once valuable forage areas thanks to the floo…
Killingsanden Natura 2000 site consists of sandy beach and various types of dunes. The area is one of the few unexploited beaches without, for example, houses and jetties that remain along the Västerbotten coast.
The Valfrid Paulsson Natura 2000 site is an old domain reserve that was first called Blåtjärnsreservatet, but was renamed in 1991 after the retiring Director General of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Valfrid Paulsson, who grew up in the area.…
