Gråen, Naturreservat

Gråen är en konstgjord ö utanför Landskrona. Ön skapades under 1700-talets slut för att skydda Landskrona hamn från militära angrepp. Idag står endast kruttornet från tidigt 1800-tal kvar. Den norra delen av ön är naturreservat. För att värna om fågellivet råder beträdnadsförbud under vår och sommar.
Sedan 1952 är norra delen av Gråen naturreservat. I reservatets dammar och vallgravar trivs bland annat gråhäger och storskarv. För att värna om fågellivet råder beträdnadsförbud i reservatet från 15/3 till 1/8.

In English

Welcome to Gråen Nature Reserve

Gråen, the artificial island, was constructed in the 18th century to protect the harbour in Landskrona. It was intended as a grandiose military project, but work came to a halt after
40 years and was never completed. The only building in the area, Kruttornet (the gun powder tower), is from the 19th century.

The island has now returned to nature. Large reedbeds and water channels are full of birdlife. In order not to disturb breeding birds, it is forbidden to go ashore or remain on the island from 15 March to 1 August. Sheep, the only permitted visitors, help keep the grass-clad ramparts open.

Cormorant

Gråen has a large colony of cormorants. Locally, they are known as Ålakråkor, “eel crows”, and they are rather clumsy on land but very agile underwater. You often see cormorants sitting on a rock with their wings spread out. Their feathers are not completely water repellent, so they must dry their plumage after diving.

Regulations

Within Gråen Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• go ashore or remain within the nature reserve from 15 March to 1 August.