Hallabäckens dalgång, Naturreservat

Hallabäckens dalgång ligger på Söderåsens sydsida. Här möts du av porlande vatten, artrik ädellövskog och fuktiga betesmarker. Området är bitvis mycket brant med höjdskillnader på 70–90 meter. Dalen bär spår av äldre tiders diabasbrytning och högst upp tronar sandstensklippan Stora Älehallen även kallad Elhall. I dalens botten rinner Hallabäcken på sin väg mot Skälderviken. I bäckens klara vatten kan du se öringen leka och i de blomrika branterna flyger en mängd olika fjärilar. Parkeringsmöjligheter finns för ett par bilar både i norr och söder. Små omarkerade stigar leder in i dalen.

In English

Welcome to Hallabäckens dalgång Nature Reserve

You are standing in the fault zone where the horst Söderåsen was forced up some 150-200 million years ago. The fertile plains with pastures and fields stretch out below. In the middle of the Reserve, the mighty escarpment of Älehallen looms up. It looks as though the gnarly beech trees grow directly out of the grey sandstone escarpment.

The number of trees was at its lowest in the 1800s on the slopes of the ridge. There were several crofts in the area and the animals grazed in the outlying woodlands. Wet meadows lay alongside the stream, from which hay was cut.

Hallabäckens Dalgång (Hallabäcken Valley) is full of life. There are more than 600 different species of vascular plants here. The unusual and small wood speedwell and the magnificent great butterfly orchid and early purple orchid thrive in the nutrient rich soil. Orrödskärret lies furthest to the southeast. The calcareous water along with scythes and grazing animals have created a rich fen full of flowers such as bird’s eye primrose, marsh helleborine and common butterwort.

Even if the woodland on several occasions has been heavily exploited, the trees on the slopes have been left. This is why there are rare lichens and fungi here, such as Opegrapha vermicellifera and pig’s ears, which thrive in old broadleaved woodland.

Some 70 species of bird breed in the valley. If you are lucky you may see a grey wagtail looking for food along the stream or a hawfinch crushing a cherry seed with its powerful beak.

Regulations

Within Hallabäckens dalgång nature reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage natural objects or geological formations, by digging up or in any other way damaging boulders, stones, scree slopes, formations or stone walls,
• climb up the cliff which is marked on the map, between 1st February and 15th September,
• park up or stay overnight in a caravan, camper van or equivalent,
• bring dogs or other pets not on a lead,
• dig up plants, pick mosses, lichens or wood-living fungi,
• remove wood, break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead, standing or fallen trees and bushes,
• light a fire other than in designated places,
• cycle or horseride other than on designated roads,
• plant out foreign (for the site) plant or animal species,
• intentionally disturb or have an impact on wildlife, such as by chopping or moving decaying wood.Without permission from the County Administrative Board it is forbidden to:
• put up signs, posters, plaques, tape, notices or any other equivalent items.Without written permission from the County Administrative Board it is also forbidden to:
• catch invertebrates, such as beetles or mussels,
• put out foreign objects (e.g. geocaches or equivalent).