Norra Mellby

Welcome to Norra Mellby Nature Reserve

In the beautiful leafy arcade you can walk beneath the tree crowns and enjoy tranquillity and birdsong. A simple, unmarked trail takes you around the nature reserve.

Until the late 19th century, the area was a sparsely wooded pasture. In autumn, domesticated pigs searched for acorns on the ground. A few large oaks are left from this time, but most of the trees are around 100 years old. Today, the tree layer has closed, forming a verdant grove. The moist parts may have been meadows where winter fodder for the animals was cut.

The deciduous grove is at its most beautiful in spring. Between the tree trunks a carpet of yellow and white spring flowers adorns the ground, including lily-of-the valley, yellow archangel, liverleaf and Corydalis intermedia. Hazel, hornbeam and beech grow below the
tall oaks. A deciduous swamp forest has sprung up with birch, alder and salix shrubs. Here, the ground is covered in interrupted clubmoss, glowing green against the white birch trunks.

Regulations

Within Norra Mellby Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage fixed natural objects or surface formations,
  
• bring unleashed dogs or other loose pets,
  
• dig up plants, pick or damage clubmoss, mosses, lichens or wood-living fungi,
  
• deliberately break up, or collect and remove dead wood.
  
  Without permission from the County Administrative Board it is forbidden to:
  
• collect invertebrate animals, e.g. beetles. Occasional specimens may be collected providing it is not contrary to species protection regulations and that traps are not used,
  
• place out alien objects (e.g. geocaches or similar).
  
  Furthermore, without permission from the manager it is forbidden to:
  
• put up boards, signs,