The nest is made from whatever wetland vegetation is available and built mostly by the male, usually in a single day.

It is a parasitic plant, wrapping itself around wetland vegetation and tapping them for nutrients with its haustoria.

Two watercourses make their way to the sea within the area creating ribbons of wetland vegetation along their course.

The area is covered by mostly deciduous trees, but also with pine forests and remnants of former wetland vegetation.

Usually reluctant to fly, when flushed they will do so with retracted head and dangling legs, skimming low over the water and the wetland vegetation.

It is a solitary nester on the ground in dense wetland vegetation on trampled reeds and other plants.

Most native wetland vegetation has been destroyed by ongoing grazing.

"And we would be concerned about activities which could degrade wetlands or cause losses of wetland vegetation."

Submerged wetland vegetation can grow in saline and fresh-water conditions.

A natural function of wetland vegetation is the up-take and storage of nutrients found in the surrounding soil and water.