Vramsåns mynning, Naturreservat

Between Åhus and Gärds Köpinge is the Vramsån estuary nature reserve. The meadows are alive with life in the fall and spring when many birds stop on their way to and from their wintering grounds. Typical shore meadow waders such as curlew and snipe nest in the meadows. The moth that was reintroduced in the mid-nineties in Helgeå has come to stay.

Shore meadows along Vramsån and Helgeån

When the waters of Helge å broke a new estuary into the sea in 1775, the water level dropped by

60-70 cm in Hammarsjön just upstream of the mouth of Vramsån. A new landscape with open meadows on the old river and lake beds emerged. The meadows have since been used for haymaking and grazing.

Bird-rich pastures

Today, the meadows around the Vramån estuary are kept open by grazing. The meadows are full of life in the fall and spring when many birds stop on their way to and from their wintering grounds. Typical shore meadow waders such as curlew and snipe nest in the meadows, along with ducks such as shoveler, teal and wigeon.

Replanted moth

The giant of freshwater fish, the catfish, was reintroduced to the River Helge å in the late 1990s. Nowadays, the catfish reproduce naturally in the river and both large and small catfish thrive in the shade under bushes and trees along the river. Outside the mouth of Vramsån there is a mussel bank with the endangered species thick-shelled mussel.

In English

Welcome to Vramsån Estuary Nature Reserve

A new landscape emerged from the water in 1775, as the spring flood of the river Helge found a new discharge into the sea and the water level of the river and Lake Hammarsjön sank by 60 to 70 centimetres. Along the lake and river, land that was below the surface rose to become riparian meadows, which have been used for haymaking and grazing ever since.

Bird haven

Today, the riparian meadows around Vramsåns mynning

are kept open by grazing. They teem with life in autumn and spring when migrating birds stop on the way to and from their wintering areas. Typical coastal meadow waders such as curlew and snipe breed on the meadows together with ducks, e.g. shoveler, teal and garganey.

Catfish catfish and mussels

Wels catfish, the giant among freshwater fish, was reintroduced into the river Helge in the late 1990s. Today, it reproduces naturally here. Wels catfish of all sizes thrive in the shade provided by vegetation along the river. Outside Vramsåns mynning is a mussel bed containing the endangered thick shelled river mussel.

Regulations

Within Vramsåns mynning Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage fixed natural objects or surface formations,
• dig up plants, or damage wood-living fungi,
• deliberately disturb wildlife,
• bring dogs or other pets unless on a leash,
• put up boards, signs, posters, or similar, or make inscriptions,
• ride.

Furthermore, without permission from the County Administrative Board it is forbidden to:

• collect invertebrates, such as insects or molluscs,
• place out so called geocaches or other foreign objects.