Black Sunflower Seeds

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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

Suitable Feeding Methods
Delivery

Orders received by 3pm Monday to Friday will be dispatched via DHL on a no signature delivery service; simply advise us where to leave your bags. We don't deliver on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.

Some orders less than 1kg in weight will come by Royal Mail.

Orders for Live Mealworms are sent directly from our supplier via Royal Mail. They are dispatched the same day if orders are received by 12pm Mon-Thurs; no orders are dispatched on a Friday. Please allow four working days for orders to arrive.

If you have not received your order within seven working days please contact us on 01775 630208.

We now deliver to all of mainland UK with no extra delivery charge. Please note that some postcode areas that are classed as Scottish Islands and Highlands may take 2-3 working days to arrive. For deliveries outside of these areas a £10 charge will be applied. Postcode areas affected include HS, IV41 – IV49, IV51, IV55 and IV56, KA27 and KA28, KW15 to KW17, PA20, PA41 to PA49, PA60 to PA78, PH42 to PH44, ZE, Isle of Man

We are unable to deliver to the Republic of Ireland or the Channel Islands.

Product Reviews
  • 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
 

Black sunflower seeds have long been a staple bird food put out by people in their gardens, and are an important food to provide for garden birds along with other types of food. 

Compared to striped sunflower seeds, black sunflower seed for birds has a higher fat content and the husk is thinner, making it easier to remove by birds such as Greenfinch and Coal tit. 

Although sunflower seeds are a popular choice with birds, black sunflower seeds are not suitable for species such as Robin, Blackbird, and Song Thrush since they can't remove the husk.. For these species it’s best to provide sunflower hearts, which are the same product but with the husk removed. 

As black sunflower seeds contain around 40% oil, they are highly nutritious to birds and help provide energy - which is vital throughout the year, though especially in the winter months when birds need to keep warm in order to survive. 

Black sunflower is a crop we grow right here on our farm in Lincolnshire, so when you buy sunflower seeds for birds from us you can be sure of high quality and a very low carbon footprint.

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