Black Sunflower Seeds

Black Sunflower seeds are a great cost-effective alternative to sunflower hearts and a good way to cater for a wide range of wild birds in your garden.

Black sunflower seeds have a thinner husk compared to striped sunflower seeds, making it easier for birds such as finches to quickly remove the husk and get to the highly nutritious and kernel. Black sunflower seeds also have a higher fat content compared to striped, with this making them far more beneficial to birds and especially in the winter months. 

Black sunflower seeds are an excellent food for a good number of garden species and notably Greenfinches, Great tits and Coal tits. However, these seeds aren't suitable for softbill species such as Blackbird, which cannot remove the husk. Instead, sunflower hearts should be fed to them.

More than half of all the black sunflower seeds we sell at Vine House Farm have also been grown by us on our farm!

New sizes, with 5kg now available in paper packaging

• Bird Table
• Seed Feeder

• Mr james Hall

  100%

  Can't keep the feeder filled. The various tits are loving these seeds.

  05/12/2023

• Mr anne Thirkell

  100%

  The birds cannot get enough of these

  02/12/2023

• Ian James

  100%

  Excellent quality, nice fat seeds, delivery also on time and excellent. The change from plastic sacks to paper a disaster as the carrier used rolls of tape to repair the torn sack.

  01/12/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Great quality and price point, very handy to stock up for the birds in the colder months (who otherwise pick the black sunflower seeds out of the bird mix!) - grateful for the prompt delivery to the door.

  27/11/2023

• Celia Siobhan walton

  100%

  The birds love them!!

  25/11/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  What to say except the birds love them and i am happy with the way they are sourced and brown at gone house farm.

  16/11/2023

• Frances Buckley

  80%

  I don't know as I am not a bird! But they seem to like them. Vine Farm is always excellent

  14/11/2023

• Elizabeth Hirst

  100%

  The birds can' get enough of these. I am having to refill the feeder every other day. There must be a mountain of these stored away for their winter feed.

  14/10/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  The birds love these seeds. Order arrived the following day - perfect as usual

  28/09/2023

• Mr john Hellon

  100%

  Black sunflower seed back on form before I tried elsewhere. My previous order contained lots of tiny brown seeds which clogged up the feeders.

  21/09/2023

• Mr john Hellon

  100%

  Black sunflower seed back on form before I tried elsewhere. My previous order contained lots of tiny brown seeds which clogged up the feeders.

  21/09/2023

• Mrs keren Smith

  100%

  Always a good quality and very popular with the birds.

  28/08/2023

• Mrs keren Smith

  100%

  Always a good quality and very popular with the birds.

  28/08/2023

• Denise Buckle

  100%

  Excellent value from Vine house for Black Sunflower seed .Always purchase from them value for money that birds love them

  18/08/2023

• Denise Buckle

  100%

  Excellent value from Vine house for Black Sunflower seed .Always purchase from them value for money that birds love them

  18/08/2023

• Mr john Hellon

  80%

  Service great as ever and quality approaching to what it was with less of the tiny brown seed inclusions which clogged up feeders and reduced value.

  17/08/2023

• Mr john Hellon

  80%

  Service great as ever and quality approaching to what it was with less of the tiny brown seed inclusions which clogged up feeders and reduced value.

  17/08/2023

• Anonymous

  80%

  Always popular with our local birdlife and less waste than with seed mixes.

  08/08/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  I have been buying these seeds for many years now and they are very popular with greenfinches and blue and great tits in particular. There is obviously some waste from them, but the plus side of being in their shells is that they do not clog the feeders after rain.

  03/08/2023

• Mr john Hellon

  80%

  The service was as good as ever however there seems to be a lot of tiny brown seeds in the mix that I don't remember before. The actual sunflower seeds are great.

  20/07/2023

• Peter Roche

  100%

  Quick delivery. Good quality seeds.

  17/07/2023

• Ian Macbeth

  100%

  Just as good as usual. Mostly I combine a visit to Vine House with any other business I have in that part of the world. On this occasion as the bluetits, in particular, were eating me out of house and home I had some delivered.

  17/07/2023

• Kevan Joynes

  100%

  Excellent service

  03/07/2023

• Celia Walton

  100%

  The birds love them, especially great tits

  10/05/2023

• Barbara Chinnery

  100%

  Prompt delivery, first grade product, vrry happy !

  10/05/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Great price for these and all Tits and Finches love them.

  05/05/2023

• Keith Blacker

  100%

  As always, the bird seed arrived quickly and in perfect condition.

  29/03/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  The birds love them. They are grown in the UK. They are always delivered promptly. A great product.

  27/03/2023

• Celia Walton

  100%

  The birds love these - what more can I say?

  22/03/2023

• Kongandra Thimaya

  100%

  The birds love it, especially the blue and great tits.

  14/03/2023

• Guest

  100%

  top quality - great price

  27/02/2023

• Barbara_percival .com

  100%

  As long as my birds love them then there is no problem.

  25/02/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Thank you very much for swiftly sorting out a missing delivery. The birds and I are happy now!

  20/02/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Seeds come and the birds seem to like them. The only issue I have is that the bags don't seem to be recyclable.

  09/02/2023

• Jonathan Scarle

  100%
  01/02/2023

• Denise Buckle

  100%

  This is our 4 th purchase of black sunflower hearts .Excellent service.Free delivery and arrives quickly .Good quality .Will definitely order again .Birds love them

  30/01/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Speedy delivery and the birds are delighted, thank you!

  25/01/2023

• Nigel John lane

  100%

  Very quick and efficient delivery. value in bigger bulk bags

  07/01/2023

• Anonymous

  100%

  Prompt delivery and I was delighted that this time it came in a paper sack - well done Vine House Farm.

  02/01/2023

• Jean Burgess

  80%

  I think I have spoilt the birds in the past with the sun flower seeds, they have difficulty getting these out of the feeder, think i need a different feeder. The delivery is always fast and efficient.

  01/01/2023

• Paul Willings

  100%
  29/12/2022

• Mr nick Unwin

  100%

  Vincehouse have always been a pleasure to order Birdfood from. Their website is easy to use and their deliveries have always been quick and arrive without any problems.

  27/12/2022

• Mrs margaret Neville

  100%

  The blue tits, great tits and green finches love these and the blackbirds are always around the bottom of the feeder hovering up the bits.

  27/12/2022

• Mr robert Hawkes

  100%

  Easy repeat order on line , worth the effort to set up account. Arrived by courier on date and time. Well protected from elements and very high quality product. All seed with very little wastage. Highest quality black sunflower seed around.

  25/12/2022

• Diana Leadley

  100%

  Good quality as usual and the birds love them so that says it all

  24/12/2022

• Anonymous

  100%

  Wonderful service and the birds love the black sunflower seeds. The feeders needed refilling several times a day last week in the very the cold weather so I'll need to reorder some more very soon. They also love the eco suet. As soon as the blackbirds spot my dogs in the garden they are queuing up for their breakfast.

  20/12/2022

• Keith Blacker

  100%

  Our many wild birds were grateful for the rapid delivery so they did not run out of food this winter.

  19/12/2022

• Dr N h chambetlain

  100%

  Arrived very quickly and in good condition. Helps to support the Wildelife Trust.

  19/12/2022

• Krishna Murthy panthula

  100%

  Wonderful food for birds. Seeing many & different small birds coming into the garden after I started this. Quick delivery. Will order again different bird food from you guys again.

  12/12/2022

• Pamela Mason

  100%

  Good Excellent service

  12/12/2022