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Site description (2000 baseline)
A large, brackish lagoon complex on the west coast of the northern Adriatic, between the larger Venice lagoon and the lagoon of Grado and Marano. The lagoon is used for fish-farming and for hunting. The surroundings are mainly large, cultivated fields on claimed land. Main land-uses are fishing (especially fish-farming), hunting and agriculture.

Key biodiversity
An important site for breeding herons and wintering waterbirds. The average number of wintering waterbirds during 1993-1996 was 18,800. Wintering species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (max. 50, but that was in 1975), Aquila clanga (1).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caorle lagoon (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caorle-lagoon-iba-italy on 25/01/2025.