Dalby Norreskog

Welcome to Dalby Norreskog Nature reserve

Dalby Norreskog, together with Dalby Söderskog National Park, forms Dalby Hage (the Dalby pasture area). This area has been grazed for more than a thousand years and is still grazed today. The varied countryside, where open areas alternate with dry and wet woodlands, is home to many species.

Horses were grazing in the area as early as the Middle Ages. At that time, the pasture was probably an open, grazed oak woodland. Over many centuries, the area has alternately been grazed, then allowed to become overgrown. Today, the northern part is woodland, but there are still traces from the old wood pasture in the form of open grown oaks that ar several hundred years old. Many butterflies and other insects, thrive in the warm, sheltered woodland edges which are full of flowers.

Several paths, used by people and animals, run through the area. One of them connects Dalby Norreskog with Dalby Söderskog National Park to the southwest and with Lund’s largest recreation area Skrylle to the northeast.

Regulations

Within Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• remove, dig, bore, paint or in any other way damage the ground, stones or natural features andarchaeological remains,
  
• camp or set up equipment for sleeping overnight,
  
• park up a caravan, camper van or equivalent between the hours of 00.00 - 05.00,
• light a fire other than with a camping stove,
• ride or drive with a horse other than on the roads,
  
• cycle other than on the roads,
  
• bring a dog that is not physically held on a lead,
  
• remove dead wood, break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead standing, or lyingtrees and bushes,
  
• play music or a sound system, in a loud and/or disturbing way,
  
• place out or put up notices, plaques, signs, posters, or equivalent,
  
• drive a motor vehicle other than on the roads or car park,
  
• start or land an airborne vehicle, such as a drone.
  
  Without written permission from the County Administrative Board it is also forbidden to:
  
• catch insects, spiders, snails, or other invertebrates other than with nets, by hand or other selectivemethods, which do not destroy the habitats, and with subsequent re-release within the nature reserve,
• collect mosses, lichens, or wood-living fungi,
• put out or put up marker tape, orienteering controls or equivalent, other than on a temporary basis, fora maximum of ten days, and on the condition that the contact details and date of placing out are notedon the items placed out,
• undertake studies/scientific studies that can damage the natural environment.