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
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
Willow Warbler	Goldcrest	Blue Tit
Great Tit	Coal Tit	Long-tailed Tit
Tree Creeper	Raven	Hooded Crow
House Sparrow	Chaffinch	Siskin
Greenfinch	Bullfinch	Goldfinch

See the gallery for more pictures.