Torpet Rågskär

Protected since: 1967

Size: 4 437 hectares of which land 544 hectares

**Character : archipelago, marine environments and cultural environment

**Municipality: ** Värmdö

Landowner: the state

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Form of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Bullerö-Bytta SE0110088

Ferries to the reserve are available from the Stavsnäs ferry terminal, which can be reached by car or SL bus to the Stavsnäs vinterhamn bus stop. Ferries run five days a week during high season. For information on timetables and prices, contact Stavsnäs Båttaxi & Charter AB, telephone 08 - 571 501 00 or visit www.battaxi.se.

You can also get here by private boat.

In order to protect the Bullerö nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

1. from February 1 - August 15, enter the bird protection areas as marked on the Bullerö reserve map (“fågelskyddsområde” in Swedish), Appendix 2 in the reserve proclamation,
2. destroy or damage permanent natural structures or surfaces by drilling, cutting, blasting, scraping, carving, painting or similar,
3. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees or bushes or damage the vegetation in general by digging up shrubs, herbaceous plants, grasses, mosses and lichens,
4. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians). It is forbidden to kill seals caught within the context of commercial fishing.
5. bring dogs or other pets that are not on a leash,
6. anchor a boat for more than two consecutive nights in the same place,
7. hunt,
8. camp for more than two consecutive nights in the same place. In the village of Bullerön, camping is only permitted at designated sites.
9. pick lesser butterfly-orchids (“nattviol” in Swedish) or other orchids,
10. make a fire outside of designated and prepared sites on Bullerön and Bodkobben,
11. operate motorised watercraft with a speed higher than 7 knots, within 100 meters of the shore,
12. operate commercial transport to the reserve, without permission from the County Board,
13. take off or land an aircraft.

Rule 13 does not apply to:

• emergency services or ambulances,
• national or municipal officials on duty,
• permanent residents of the reserve.