Lövestads åsar, Naturreservat

Som en skogsklädd oas höjer sig Lövestads åsar över åkrarna. På sommaren bildar bokarna en grönskimrande, högstammig pelarsal med en matta av lundarv, gulplister och ramslök. På vintern trängs stora flockar med bofink och bergfink på marken där de äter sig mätta på bokollon. Vildsvin och rådjur söker också skydd och mat under träden. Du kan uppleva reservatet både till fots och till häst. Uppe på åsryggen finns en minnessten med inskriptionen Massa (Massa-stenen).

In English

Welcome to Lövestads åsar Nature Reserve

Like a woodland oasis, the Lövestads åsar (ridges) rise up above the fields. The ridges were formed when the ice melted around 15.000 years ago. The area has been used mainly for grazing because the slopes was difficult to cultivate.

The open, grazed deciduous woodland was a popular resort for the local population at the end of the 1800s. There was a dance floor here with an earth floor. Today, the woodland is denser with even-aged beech trees, which in the summer create a green shimmering, pillared hall with a carpet of wood stitchwort, yellow archangel and wild garlic. In the winter the ground can fill up with large flocks of chaffinches and bramblings eating feasting on beech nuts. Wild boar and roe deer also seek shelter and food under the trees.

The aim for the future is that beech, norway maple and elm will grow here; both young and old mixed together. Dead and dying trees will be allowed to remain and create homes for fungi, insects and birds.

Regulations

Within Lövestads åsar Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• intentionally disturb wildlife,
• damage living trees or kill trees and bushes or other vegetation, or remove dead wood,
• bring dogs not on a lead,
• cycle or drive another type of vehicle, or horse ride,
• park a caravan, camper van or equivalent,
• camp for more than one night,
• light a fire,
• use the area for competitions, training camps or other similar activities which may disturb the natural environment or recreational activities,
• play musical instruments, radio or other sound systems in a way which is disturbing,
• dig, bore into, paint or in any other way damage natural features or surfaces.
• raise any kind of building or place any foreign objects within the nature reserve which do not belong there,
• put up posters, signs, plaques, notices or equivalent items,Without permission from the County Administrative Board it is also forbidden to:
• trap and remove or collect insects or other wildlife with deadly traps, or in any other way injure wildlife or their habitats,
• collect wood-living fungi,
• create geocaching sites.

Map, horse ride allowed ("ridning tillåten" in swedish)