Flyinge ängar, Naturreservat

Flyinge ängars blomrika sandbackar breder ut sig söder om Flyinge. När vi närmar oss Kävlingeån längst söderut övergår markerna istället i fuktiga strandängar. Här har traktens bönder slagit sitt hö och haft djuren på bete i hundratals år. På sommaren skiftar sluttningarna i blålila och gult av blåmunkar och hedblomster. Nere på strandängarna ses storken leta grodor och kanske hör du storspovens spelsång. Området är lättvandrat men saknar markerade stigar. Tänk på att hålla avstånd till betesdjur och vadarfåglarna utmed ån.

In English

Welcome to Flyinge ängar Nature Reserve

Flyinge Ängar’s flowering sandy slopes and the River Kävlingeån’s wet meadows are situated just next to the housing estate. Local farmers have cut hay and had their animals grazing here for hundreds of years. Sheep’s bit scabious and dwarf everlasting, flower in lilac and yellow on the sandy slopes. If you are lucky, you may hear the mating call of the curlew from the wet meadows.

A rich flora grows up in the dry, nutrient poor slopes. It may sound like a contradiction, but the fact is that the poor soils and the grazing cows are necessary for many of the pasture plants to survive. With fertiliser or abandonment of grazing, the plants of Flyinge Ängar will be out-competed by larger, fast growing species.

The bare patches of sand warmed by the sun attract many insects. If you take the time, you might find the unusual Harpanus ground beetle or a small, fluffy wild bee. Colourful butterflies visit the flowers in their search for sweet nectar.

Like many other water courses, the River Kävlingeån was straightened at the beginning of the 1900s. The wetlands dried out and habitats for many plants and animals were destroyed. Today we have begun to rehydrate our landscape with new wetlands and some of the plants and animals have begun to find their way back. If you are lucky, you may see the white stork looking for frogs in the wet meadows, or the curlew pecking for small insects with its impressive beak. In order to avoid disturbing the birds, you should keep away from the wet meadows in the spring and early summer.

Regulations

The Right of Public Access is limited in the Nature reserve! The regulations apply for the protection of nature. You'll find a selection of the most important visitor regulations here. They are also posted on a separate sign at each entrance. The full/complete regulations are available in swedish on this web page - below the heading "Föreskrifter / Fullständiga föreskrifter för besökare".

It is (for example) forbidden to:

• bring dogs not on a lead,
• camp, park up caravans, campervans or equivalent,
• drive a motor vehicle,
• dig up plants or pick plants for commercial gain,
• damage living or dead trees and bushes,
• catch insects, spiders, snails or other invertebrates