Maglehems Ora, Naturreservat

Maglehems Ora är ett smalt område som ska utvecklas till en förbindelse mellan två betydligt större naturreservat: Drakamöllan och Verkeån delområde 1. Det finns inga stigar i reservatet så du som besökare får orientera dig på egen hand.

In English

Welcome to Maglehems ora Nature Reserve

Maglehems Ora is a narrow site which will develop and connect two larger nature reserves. There are no footpaths in the reserve, so visitors need to find their own way around.

The Nature Reserves of Björshus - Drakamöllan to the north and Verkeån to the south, are both dry heaths containing many threatened species of plants and animals. The Reserves have long been separated because of forestry plantations, primarily of pine, which has stopped animals and plants from dispersing between the sites. Maglehems Ora will act as a green corridor between the two reserves.

Maglehems Ora has long been exploited in different ways. The land has been cultivated and livestock have grazed here. When it was made into a Nature Reserve, the whole area was a forestry plantation. This will be felled in stages and the area will be allowed to return to a natural pasture with a few broadleaved trees and bushes. Cows and horses will keep the area open.

Living conditions in the Nature Reserve will develop so that plants, small mammals, amphibians and insects, typical for heathlands, can disperse. It is expected that species such as heather, sheep’s fescue, sand lizard, different butterflies and dung beetles will become established in the Reserve.

Regulations

Within Maglehems Ora Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage natural objects or formations,
• light a fire,
• pick, dig up or in any other way damage plants, mosses, lichens or wood-living fungi,
• intentionally break or collect and remove dead wood,
• bring dogs or any other pets not on a lead,
• organise competitions or other activities which may disturb the plant and animal life.Without permission from the County Administrative Board it is also forbidden to:
• put up posters, signs, plaques, notices or any equivalent items,
• catch insects, spiders, snails or other invertebrates, other than with nets, by hand or other selective methods, with subsequent re-release within the Nature Reserve. This requirement does not apply to one-off specimens of each species on the basis that therecord is registered in Artportalen and that the collection does not contravene any wildlife protection regulations,
• put out any foreign (for the Nature Reserve) objects (e.g. geocaches or equivalent).