Gulastorp, Naturreservat

Gulastorp bjuder på en spännande skogsmiljö med rikt fågelliv och sällsynta mossor. Området är främst skyddat för sina biologiska värden och i dagsläget finns inga markerade stigar. Bäcken som slingrar genom reservatet förgrenar sig på flera ställen och bildar en värdefull vattenmiljö med mindre öar och flera vattenfåror.

In English

Welcome to Gulastorp Nature Reserve

The nature reserve at Gulastorp is an area that has changed from pasture land to moist deciduous forest in the past one hundred years. The change has created an exciting forest environment with a rich bird life and rare mosses.

In the 18th and 19th century this was an area with meadows and pasture land. The remains of a stone wall in the middle of the nature reserve shows how the grazing animals were kept away from the wetter part where the hay was taken. Today the marsh has become a carr with alder and ash trees.

In the drier parts of the area a broad-leaved deciduous forest with oaks, beeches and European hornbeams has emerged with a rich shrub layer of hawthorn and hazel. The wide variety of trees and shrubs means that birds including jays, tree creepers and great spotted woodpeckers thrive here.

The creek that meanders through the nature reserve branches in several places, forming a valuable aquatic environment with smaller islands and several water furrows. The limestone rich water provides good conditions for a flora of lime-demanding plants. Woollywort (Trichocolea tomentella) and snakeskin liverwort (Conocephalum conicum) are two of the unique moss species that thrive in the cool, damp environment in the woodland carr. The area is mostly protected for its biological qualities, and at present there are no marked trails.

Regulations

In Gulastorp nature reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage fixed natural objects or surfaces,
• camp or light a fire,
• set up or spend the night in a mobile home, caravan, or equivalent,
• pick, dig up or damage plants, moss, lichen or fungi,
• deliberately break or collect and remove dead wood,
• bring unleashed dogs or other pets,
• put up boards, signs, printouts, posters or other similar items, with the exception of information signs for the nature reserve and boundary marks.Without the permission of the County Administrative Board, it is also forbidden to:
• Collect invertebrates such as beetles or molluscs. Individual samples may be collected,provided that it does not violate the Swedish endangered species regulations and that traps are not used.