Svalgarns naturreservat

Protected since: 1993

Size: 25 hectares

Character: coniferous forest, lake

Municipality: Upplands-Bro

Landowner: private

Manager: Upplands-Bro municipality

Form of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Svalgarn SE0110031

Het reservaat bestaat uit een eiland in de noordelijke Björkfjärden, 7 kilometer ten westen van Bro. Het is alleen mogelijk om per boot bij het reservaat te komen.

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

In the reserve it is forbidden to:

1. destroy or damage solid natural objects or surfaces, for example by digging, drilling, carving, blasting or painting
2. break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees and shrubs and otherwise damage vegetation by digging up plants such as rice, herbs, mosses or lichens or removing woody fungi
3. disturbing wildlife (e.g. by climbing trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians)
4. bringing an unleashed dog or cat
5. camping
6. making an open fire
7. affixing a board, poster, placard, sign or similar device