Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A lake with reedbeds (
Phragmites), marshes, wet meadows and woodland.
Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are the conversion of grazing meadows to arable land and the planned construction of a railway line close to the site.
National Low
International Partial400 ha of IBA covered by Private Reserve (400 ha). 5,300 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Etangs de la Petite Woëvre, 5,300 ha). 368 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Etangs de la Woëvre: Etang de la Chaussée, 368 ha). 38 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Etangs de la Woëvre: Marais de Pagny, 38 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Etangs de la Woëvre: la Chaussée (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/etangs-de-la-woëvre:-la-chaussée-iba-france on 22/11/2024.
