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
Canada 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
Rock Dove	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	Twite
Greenfinch	Bullfinch	Goldfinch

See the gallery for more pictures.