Swans always look for their nesting place near a body of water. This can be a river, a lake or even a large pond. They build their nest near the shore, preferably protected from the wind in a reed belt. The reed belt is a plant community of reeds and other plants in shallow water and along the banks of bodies of water. The reeds are often used by swans to build their nests because they are particularly suitable for floating nesting. Swan nests are not particularly elaborate, but they are very large. One partner plucks stalks from the previous year with its beak and deposits them near the nest. The other partner pulls the stalks and piles them up in a large, disorderly heap. As the light reeds are very sensitive to wind and waves, the swans weigh them down with wet water plants. At the end of the nest-building process, the hollow in which the female will lay her eggs is padded with soft down.
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