Foteviksområdet, Naturreservat

I Foteviksområdet möts du av himmel, hav och vidsträckta gröna fält. Än idag används strandängarna som bete. På våren sjuder marken av liv. Här hörs fågelsång och paddornas lockrop. Hammars näs, Eskilstorps ängar och Tygelsjö ängar är populära skådarlokaler för fågelintresserade. Respektera områdena med fågelskydd. Det finns inga markerade leder i Foteviksområdet, men stigar att följa som går från norr till söder. Strax söder om reservatet går Skåneleden som tar dig vidare runt hela Falsterbohalvön.

In English

Welcome to Foteviksområdet Nature Reserve

The sky, sea and vast green fields. The coastal meadows of Foteviken are a remnant of the ancient pastures that once stret-ched along the west coast of Skåne. During spring the land is teeming with life. Here you will hear birds singing along with the mating calls of toads.

The open and flat land along the coast has been used as pasture lands for over a thousand years. Pasture and hayland in combination with floods have created treeless expanses. The salt-affected plants are extra tasty from the brackish seawater. The meadows are still used as pasture land. Some smaller areas are also used for hayland. In Viking times, when Harald Blåtand was king of Denmark and Skåne, the fleet from Skåne moored their boats on Foteviken’s beaches for the winter rest period.

The coastal meadows have their own special bird fauna with waders and ducks. In spring, wading birds nest on the pasture land, a stone’s throw from the dining table in the water. Foteviken is an internationally important resting place for birds on their way to and from their winter quarters, and was adopted as an important bird area in the Ramsar wetland convention.

In some places you can see grassy tussocks. These high hills with a flowering thrift on top are formed when the yellow ants build their nests in the grass tussocks. Here the ants live a secluded life and will often not appear outside their nests.

There are a variety of rare species associated specifically with the Fotevik area. The coastal meadows around Foteviken are Sweden’s most important locality for the southern dunlin. In the spring, they also serve as courtship and mating areas for the unusual green toad. The reedbeds are home to the Morris’s wainscot, a rare moth.

It is also full of life under the sea surface. Polychaete worms and clams are buried in the sand in the shallow bottoms. Out at a depth of a couple of metres, the green eelgrass meadows sway in the wind. The entire bay is one big nursery for young fish, especially for flat fish such as flounder and plaice.

Regulations

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

• during the period 1 March to 30 November, set foot or reside on the Dynan islet or theEskilstorp islets, and during the period 1 April to 15 July set foot or reside in the parts ofthe reserve’s land and water areas marked with no admittance during this period and asshown on the map,
• throughout the year across the entire reserve, engage in activities that may disturb wildlife such as water skiing, jet skiing, kite surfing, windsurfing, model plane flying, kite flying, or the like (except for wind and kite surfing in the area marked as “special water area” on the map),
• operate water-borne motor vehicles at speeds above 5 knots,
• launch or land aircraft,
• play golf or similar games,
• intentionally disturb wildlife or grazing animals,
• walk dogs off leash,
• organise competitions that may interfere with the natural environment (does not apply to kite and windsurfing contests organised by a local club in the area marked as “special water area” on the map, and for the football tournaments on the land marked as “other land” belonging to Tygelsjö meadows.),
• dig, drill, paint or otherwise damage natural objects or surface formations,
• erect any kind of installation or set up of foreign objects in the reserve,
• drive or park a vehicle other than on roads or parking lots designed for this purpose inthe reserve’s land area,
• tent, or park a caravan, motor home or equivalent,
• moor or lay up the boat other than at the location marked on the map, followingpermission from the landowner,
• put up noticeboards, posters, signs, inscriptions or comparable items, except for buoys,boundary markers, reserve signage and other advice or prohibition signs,
• start fires, except for bonfires on Walpurgis night at the purpose built site at Gessievillastad’s boathouse.Furthermore, it is forbidden without the permission of the County Administrative Board to;
• capture or collect insects or other animals, or otherwise harm wildlife, and conduct scientific or other investigations that might interfere with the natural environment.

The County Administrative Board would also like to notify that, according to the Marine andWater Authority regulations, the entire water area of the Fotevik area reserve is a closed areafor fishing. All fishing is forbidden except for artisanal fishing, if the fishing method as suchdoes not require the use of a boat, and fishing with fyke nets. In addition, a ban is in forceon all fishing over the period 15 September to 30 April in a semi-circle with a 300 m radiusstarting from the mouths of both the Gessiebäcken and Bernstorpsbäcken streams.

Map (bilaga 1A-B), Foteviksområdet (no ride)

Map (bilaga 2B), Foteviksområdet (not set foot or reside)

Map (bilaga 3), Foteviksområdet (moor or lay up the boat at locations with "T")