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Dried Fruits

Dried fruit for birds, like raisins and sultanas, is great for providing a natural burst of energy and calories due to their high sugar content. While dried fruit is generally not a suitable type of bird food, raisins and sultanas are a notable exception and make a nutritious, straight food for birds.

Sultanas need to be soaked in fresh cold water before they're put out for birds, as this rehydrates the fruit and provides the moisture that birds need from their food.

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High-Quality Dried Fruit for Birds

At Vine House Farm, we offer nutritious dried fruit for wild birds, including sultanas and raisins. These are perfect for Blackbirds and Starlings because they are naturally energy-rich, packed with simple sugars and provide essential fibre. Use ground feeders for soaked fruit for birds, matching the low-level foraging habits of thrushes and Blackbirds.

It's important to only buy dried fruit purposed for wild birds due to the additives and vegetable oils used in commercial alternatives. At Vine House Farm, we offer dried fruits as a straight bird food, and they are entirely natural, pure and safe for wildlife consumption.

Nutritious Dried Fruit for Various Species of Wild Birds

While Blackbirds and Starlings are the primary fruit eaters, several other common garden birds will flock to your garden. Visiting winter migrants like Redwings and Fieldfares will eat soaked sultanas.

Dried fruits for wild birds are great for specific times of year, such as winter, when natural resources are likely to be scarce. They're also particularly beneficial during the spring breeding season when parent birds need soft, moisture-rich foods that are easy to digest, to take to nestlings.

All of our premium dried fruits are dispatched right here from our farm to ensure they arrive fresh and full of nutritional value. Available in a variety of convenient sizes to suit your feeding routine, keeping your local wildlife healthy and energised is easy and cost-effective with our free UK delivery on all orders.

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FAQS

Is dried fruit OK for birds?

Most types of dried fruit are NOT okay for birds, with the exceptions being sultanas, raisins and currents - but in all cases the fruit should be soaked in cold water before putting out for birds in order to rehydrate it.

What dried fruit can wild birds eat?

Sultanas, raisins and currants can be put out for garden birds to eat, but it’s important to soak the dried fruit in cold water before doing so.

Can birds eat dried apricots?

No - dried apricots are not a suitable food at all for birds.

Do blackbirds eat raisins?

Blackbirds do eat raisins, with the safe way to provide this food being to soak the raisins in cold water first.

What fruit do birds like the most?

During the late summer and into autumn when fruit is often abundant in gardens, orchards and in hedgerows etc. birds such as Blackbird will eat apples and pears. Our two species of migrant thrush, Fieldfare and Redwing, which come to the British Isles in winter, will feast on windfall apples or those put out of them, and especially in cold weather when the ground is frozen. Strawberries grown in gardens will be eaten by Blackbirds as soon as they start to ripen, as will gooseberries - and hence why many gardeners protect such crops in fruit cages.