Hilleshögs dalar, Naturreservat

Naturreservatet Hilleshögs dalar med Glumslövs backar bjuder på ett dramatiskt landskap med böljande kullar och höga, sandiga branter som stupar ner mot Öresund. Med sitt kustnära läge bjuds besökaren på vackra vyer över det glittrande sundet och ön Ven i fjärran. Nere längs strandlinjen syns spår efter den gamla tegelindustrin och Karl XII:s försvarslinje. Skåneleden går både uppe längs krönet och nere längs stranden. Sandbergen-slingan visar vägen upp genom dalgången och vidare genom de betade backarna.

In English

Welcome to Hilleshögs dalar Nature Reserve

The Skåneleden Trail and Sandbergen-loop take you across rolling pastures, with remains of our ancestors, and along the top of the mighty sandy cliffs, with extensive views across the sea. It is the sand that is the reason why there are rare plants and animals here, such as knapweed broomrape, sand lizard and sand martin.

The steep sandy cliffs are unique to this stretch of coastline and the island of Ven in the sound. The steep sandy cliffs and the wide valley in Hilleshög were formed when the last ice sheet melted around 15 000 years ago.

The sandy slopes are home to many exciting plants. One of the most unusual ones is the yellow-pink knapweed broomrape. It has no chlorophyll and must therefore ’steal’ sugars from greater knapweed. Sand lizards and various wild bees make their homes in the sunwarmed sand.

The Reserve contains several Stone Age settlements and burial mounds. There are also the remains of the defences built by Karl XII in the early 1700s. There are also more recent concrete bunkers: the Per Albin forts, from World War II.

Regulations

Within Hilleshögs dalar Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• bring a dog or other pet not physically held on a lead,
• remove, dig, bore, paint, or in any other way damage the ground, stones, stone walls, naturalfeatures, archaeological features or the sea bed,
• camp or put up equipment for sleeping overnight, or park up a caravan, camper van, orequivalent,
• light a fire other than with a camping stove,
• cycle other than on roads,
• horse ride/drive with a horse,
• intentionally disturb grazing animals,
• intentionally disturb the bird life,
• dig up plants,
• put out or put up notices, plaques, signs, posters, or equivalent,
• drive a motor vehicle other than on roads or car parks,
• park outside of the marked parking spaces,
• introduce plants (by planting or sowing seeds) or animals.Without written permission from the County Administrative Board it is also forbidden to:
• organise competitions or equivalent activities,
• catch insects, spiders, snails, or other invertebrates other than with nets, by hand, or other selective methods, which does not destroy their habitat, with subsequent re-release within the nature reserve. This requirement does not apply to one-off specimens of species which are difficult to identify, on the basis that the record is registered in Artportalen, or equivalent database for threatened species, and that the collection does not contravene any wildlife protection regulations.