Lohärads prästgård

Protected since: 2022

Area: 15 hectares

Character: meadows and pastureland, oak pasture, deciduous woodland

Municipality: Norrtälje Municipality

Landowner: the Swedish state

Managing Authority: the County Administrative Board

Type of protection: nature reserve

The nature reserve is located 500 metres north of Lohärad kyrka (Lohärad Chruch), 10 km northwest of Norrtälje town.

By bus: The nearest bus stop, Vik Östra, is located along Kristineholmsvägen, approximately 150 metres south of the entrance to the reserve. A small trail leads into the reserve from the entrance/ planned car park, passing through the pastureland dominated by deciduous trees.

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By car: The nature reserve can be reached by car via Kristineholmsvägen, approximately 700 metres north of Lohärad Church. A car park is planned adjacent to the reserve, but for the time being, it is best to park at the church and walk to the reserve.

To help protect Lohärads Prästgård Nature Reserve, there are certain rules you must observe.

The following activities are prohibited in the nature reserve:

• Digging, chiselling, drilling or otherwise damaging the bedrock, soil or stones.

• Felling or damaging living or dead trees or shrubs.

• Damaging vegetation by digging up plants or removing mosses, lichens or wood-decaying fungi. Picking herbs, flowers, berries and wild mushrooms for personal use is permitted.

• Camping more than two consecutive nights.

• Putting up permanent signs, posters or similar notices. Temporary marker flags, orienteering controls and quiz signs may be put up, provided they are removed after the event.

• Driving motor vehicles, whether on snow-covered or bare ground.

The following exceptions apply:

• Trees that have fallen across a road or path, or onto a property, may be cut up and moved aside.

• Scout groups and outdoor education programmes may carry out field studies and collect animals and plants where necessary. They may also collect natural materials such as stones, sticks, birch bark and moss, and put up small shelters and bird-feeding stations.

• In designated area F1 (see the map in Appendix 1 of the reserve decision), scrub may be cleared to make sledging possible.

• Lohärad Parish or the Lohärad Local Heritage Association may, when necessary, carry out maintenance clearing in designated area F2 (see the map in Appendix 1) and along the paths and at the picnic areas marked on the management map (Appendix 2A), in preparation for the traditional Gökotta (early-morning birdwatching and picnic) and other events in the area.