Torridon, being located on a freshwater estuary in a sea loch at the foot of the mountains provides a great variety of habitats within a very small area. Seals and porpoises can be observed at close quarters on the loch, while eagles can occasionally be seen flying over the mountain ridges. Red deer are abundant. Most of the main bird habitats are represented with fresh water, salt water, woodland, moor and mountain.

The following table lists birds that I have seen in the Torridon area:

Black Throated Diver	Red Throated Diver	Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe	Slavonian Grebe	Gannet
Cormorant	Shag	Grey Heron
Bewick's Swan	Whooper Swan	Grey Lag Goose
Mallard	Wigeon	Eider
Goldeneye	Red-Breasted Merganser	Goosander
Sparrowhawk	Buzzard	Golden Eagle
Sea Eagle	Ptarmigan	Red Grouse
Oyster Catcher	Ringed Plover	Lapwing
Woodcock	Snipe	Curlew
Redshank	Greenshank	Common Sandpiper
Arctic Skua	Great Skua	Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull	Great Black Backed Gull	Common Gull
Common Tern	Guillemot	Black Guillemot
Razorbill	Puffin	Collared Dove
Cuckoo	Barn Owl	Skylark
Swallow	House Martin	Rock Pipit
Grey Wagtail	Pied Wagtail	Wren
Dipper	Dunnock	Robin
Stonechat	Wheatear	Blackbird
Ring Ouzel	Song Thrush	Redwing
Fieldfare	Grasshopper Warbler	Willow Warbler
Goldcrest	Blue Tit	Great Tit
Coal Tit	Long-tailed Tit	Tree Creeper
Waxwing	Raven	Hooded Crow
House Sparrow	Chaffinch	Siskin
Greenfinch	Bullfinch	Goldfinch

See the gallery for more pictures.