Torrdass på Svärtskär, Biskopsö

Protected since: 1983

Size: 5123 hectares of which land 324 hectares

Character: mixed forest, marine environments, archipelago

Municipality: Värmdö

Landowner: Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for outdoor recreation for employees of SCANIA AB and for the protection of nature and wildlife in the Biskopsö archipelago

Trustee: County Administrative Board

Form of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Bullerö-Bytta SE0110088

Biskopsö Nature Reserve covers an outer archipelago area with the large islands of Biskopsön and Kastön with the surrounding archipelago eight kilometers south of Nämdö. The easiest way to get here is by boat or boat taxi.

To protect the Biskopsö Nature Reserve, there are rules you must follow.

In the reserve it is forbidden to

1. destroy or damage any solid natural object or surface formation by drilling, hacking, blasting, carving, painting or the like
2. break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees or shrubs and damage vegetation in general by digging up rice, herbs, mosses or lichens
3. disturbing wildlife, e.g. by climbing trees, catching or killing mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
4. bringing dogs or other pets that are not on a leash
5. camping in the same place for more than two consecutive days
6. without the landowner's permission, anchor a boat in the same place for more than two consecutive days
7. anchor a boat on the shore of the plot area on Biskopsön (the area is shown on the map in Appendix 1 of the decision)
8. make an open fire
9. pick night violets or other orchids
10. organize regular boat trips to the reserve without the permission of the County Administrative Board
11. operate a motorized vessel at a speed of more than 7 knots within 100 meters of the shore
12. during commercial fishing, kill seals that are temporarily found
13. during the period February 1-August 15, enter or navigate both land and water within the area (seal protection area) marked on the map in Appendix 1 of the decision
14. hunt throughout the year
15. fishing throughout the year within the seal protection area.