Hunnabacken, Naturreservat

Do you want to experience a remnant of the cultural landscape that used to dominate central Skåne? Then you should visit Hunnabacken near the small village of Elestorp on Linderödsåsen. Hunnabacken is a grazed meadow with meadow flowers such as maidenhair fern, hogweed and bluebell. Sometimes red kites and green wrens are seen flying in the fields. Hunnabacken has no trails. Avoid dogs among grazing animals.

Old meadow field

Hunnabacken Nature Reserve consists mainly of fields of juniper. It is an ancient landscape that has been shaped by centuries of grazing. The word fälad comes from the Danish fælled, which is composed of the words fä and land area. Plants that are dependent on long-term grazing thrive in meadows.

Flora

The flora includes species such as haymaking, maidenhair, hogweed and bluebell. In wetter areas, the orchid Virgin Mary's keys, hop flowers, spruce spurge and meadow saxifrage grow.

Bird life

Hunnabacken also has a rich bird life with, among other things, greenfinch, shrike, black-and-white flycatcher, yellowhammer and red kite.

Outdoor life

Hunnabacken has no trails. Avoid dogs among grazing animals. Remember to take your rubbish home.

In English

Welcome to Hunnabacken Nature Reserves

Hunnabacken constitutes the remains of an old cultural landscape. Until the early 20th century, Linderödsåsen was an extensive open landscape with heath and pastures. The character of the ridge has changed slowly over time. Fields and forests have taken over, and the rough grazings have become rare jewels in the landscape.

Biological cultural heritage

Walk in the terrain and experience a living museum. Discover the history of the landscape by spotting differences between the various parts of the reserve.

Boulders and tussocks. Dry and wet.

The plow has never worked this land. It has been kept open by grazing. The occasional trees have offered shade and protection for the animals. The diversity of plants can only be found in rough grazings. The floral splendor, in turn, attracts butterflies and birds.

Green fields with fewer flowers and often surrounded by stone walls are interspersed in the pastureland. They remind us of hard work and toil. The stones were removed, the land was plowed and harvests were brought in. Today, this land is grazed, and plants such as harebell, leopard's bane and lousewort have been able to immigrate from the surrounding rough grazings.

Regulations

Within Hunnabacken Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage fixed natural objects or surface formations,
• deliberately break up or collect and remove dead wood,break off branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead standing or fallen trees or shrubs,
• dig up plants (including mosses) or lichens or pick wood-living fungi or leopard's bane, or pick plants for commercial use,
• bring dogs unless on a physical leash,
• deliberately disturb or impinge on wildlife.

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

• put up notice boards, placards, signs, posters, paper strips,or similar, or make inscriptions.
• catch insects, spiders, snails, slugs or other invertebrates other than by netting, hand picking or other selective method with the subsequent reintroduction within the nature reserve. The requirement for reintroduction does not applyto individual voucher specimens of each species on condition that the record is logged in the reporting system Artportalen and that the collection is not contrary to the species protection regulations.
• place out foreign objects (e.g. geocaches, or similar).