In the 1970s, the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary was built near the mouth of the brook.
Water from the Bayswater Brook flows through the wetlands at the bird sanctuary before continuing to the Swan River.
[4][5] The suburbs which are in the catchment area are Bassendean, Bayswater, Bedford, Dianella, Eden Hill, Morley and Noranda.
[2][6] In 2015, the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary underwent a rehabilitation project to reduce the amount of nutrients and rubbish entering the Swan River from the Bayswater Brook.
[1] The City of Bayswater is working to create "living streams" and "micro wetlands" along the Bayswater Brook in order to improve water quality, attract wildlife and create new public open space.