Early morning or late evening are the best times to visit this site, when the road traffic tends to be lighter and, of course, the marsh birds are more vocal.

Both Least and American bitterns occur in the marsh to the east of the road and Virginia Rail, Sora and Common Gallinule occur in the more open marsh to the west. The cattail marshes on either side of the road support a good population of Marsh Wrens.

Periodically, when the beaver dam has been removed, the exposed mud and floating mats provide limited but suitable habitat for shorebirds in late spring and early autumn. Both yellowlegs, Least, Pectoral, Semipalmated and Solitary sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover and Wilson Snipe have been recorded here.

Belporine Marsh is bisected by CR 46. This is a heavily travelled road, particularly on weekends when cottage traffic can often be quite heavy. Be sure to pull your vehicle well off onto the road shoulders and take care crossing the road. Formerly, Keating Road encircled the marsh to the west, but the bridge over Belporine Creek has been removed and the road is no longer thoroughfare.

To the west of CR 46 Belporine Creek has been impounded by beavers creating an open, shallow pond a little more than a hectare in extent. The pond is fringed by cattail marsh and graminoid marsh. To the east of the road the extensive cattail marsh is fairly dense but with open channels created by Belporine Creek.