The lake is situated in an old residential neighbourhood located between the municipalities of Stockholm and Huddinge and most of the shoreline is private property.

[3] The number of polluting operations in the catchment area is limited to a petrol station and an engineering workshop.

[4] Lake bed fauna includes more than 50 species dominated by freshwater gastropods (Hippeutis complanatus), Caddisflies (Somatochlora metallica), beetles, and leeches (Alboglossiphonia heteroclita).

Pike and zander are planted-out carnivorous species while roach and crucian carp have been decimated by trawling.

Other bird sightings include heron, tufted duck, common tern, pochard, and spotted crake.