Tosteberga ängar, Naturreservat

Tosteberga ängar är ett kustreservat nära gränsen till Blekinge. Här möts du av Skånes enda skärgård och ett flackt och stenigt landskap. Över strandängarna löper flera vällagda stengärdesgårdar från 1700- och 1800-talen. På våren skiftar betesmarkerna i gult och lila av gullvivor och backsippor. Under vår och sommar spritter det bland buskar och skär av häckande fåglar. För att värna det känsliga fågellivet får man inte besöka öarna i söder (Ängaholmarna) mellan 1 mars - 30 juni . Med lite tutr kan du även se den mäktiga havsörnen i reservatet.

In English

Welcome to Tosteberga ängar Nature Reserve

People and nature have combined their efforts to shape the varied and rich landscape here at Tosteberga Ängar. During spring the pastures shimmer in yellow and purple from the cowslips and pasqueflowers. Here and there, the early purple orchid push up their dark purple flower spikes. In the spring and summer, the bushes teem with small birds eager to breed, and here, in the only archipelago in Skåne, you can see the impressive white tailed eagle.

At Tosteberga Ängar an ancient agricultural landscape spreads out before you. Our forefathers have grazed their animals here for hundreds of years. The well grazed pasture in combination with the natural variation of wet hollows, dry hummocks and the chalk rich soils make these meadows an eldorado for botanists. Where it is wetter, bird’s eye primrose and early marsh orchids flower in various nuances of pink, and on the dry chalky meadows characteristic species such as dropwort, common rock rose and the unusual field fleawort grow.

It is not only the plants in the pastures that are dependent on the cows keeping the grass short. Wading birds, such as redshank, oyster catcher and lapwing also benefit from the short grass in the coastal meadows, where they can stroll around and look for food.

Running down towards the water, across the coastal meadows, there are several well-built stone walls. Blackthorn, hawthorn and rose have grown up on the clearance cairns, where people have piled up the stones in order to be able to work the soil. In the shelter of this thorny scrub, other bushes such as guelder rose, dogwood and hazel have become established. Here, among the stones and the dense scrub, wheatear, thrush nightingale and other small birds make their well-hidden nests.

Regulations

Within Tosteberga ängar Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• pick flowers or dig up plants,
• take stones, sand, gravel or soil. The islets of Rustningsskäret and Åldermansskäret are also included in the Ängholmarna Bird Protection Area, where access is forbidden between 1st March and 30th June.

Map, Tosteberga ängar, bird protection area