Sandby backar, Naturreservat

Naturreservatet Sandby backar rymmer ett kuperat dynlandskap som delvis täcks av rörlig flygsand. Bland de böljande sanddynerna uppstår olika mikroklimat som lägger grunden för ett varierat och artrikt växt- och djurliv. Närmast havet finns en bred strandremsa som nyttjas flitigt av badgäster.

In English

Welcome to Sandby backar Nature ReserveOnce upon a time, the sandy ground along the south-eastern coast of Skåne was covered in large oak forests. When humans started to cut down the forest, Sandhammaren was transformed into an open coastal landscape with the sand shifting with the wind. To prevent the sand from entering the agricultural areas, local people have planted trees on the sand heaths. Therefore only small areas of the characteristic open dune landscape remain today.A coastal heath like the Sandby backar Nature Reserve contains great biological values. In the undulating sand dunes you find a mosaic of environments. Warm sand on drifting sand dunes next to areas of grey hair grass and scented breckland thyme. Heaths with heather and crowberry alongside humid dune slacks.Coastal habitat types require constant management in order to maintain their biological values. Many plants and insects linked to the sand dune environments are threatened when the dunes become overgrown. In the reserve live rare and threatened insects such as the moth Conisania leineri and the ground spider Micaria lenzi.RegulationsWithin Sandby backar nature reserve it is forbidden to:put up placards, posters, or similar, or make inscriptions,carry out any form of construction work or erect objects alien to the reserve,ride horses or drive vehicles,camp,light fires.