It is a Ramsar site[1] about 15 km2 in size, and situated on the East Rand on the southern half of the Blesbokspruit wetland.

The Blesbokspruit is a major perennial river in Gauteng which is flanked by extensive floodplains on either side.

[5] Almost 300 bird species frequent the wetland,[1] according to the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA),[6] with the best time to visit being between spring and the start of summer.

[2] There are four bird hides at the water pans[2] (named Flamingo, Hadeda, Duiker and Shelduck) and a public picnic site in the reserve.

With the profusion of vegetation like sedges, bulrushes, duckweed and reeds, and the dumping of several large sand embankments through urban expansion, the landscape has since changed, resulting in the reduction of suitable habitat on the river.