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Black Sunflower Seeds for Birds

PREMIUM QUALITY BIRD FOOD
£14.50
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Black Sunflower Seeds are a cost-effective alternative to Sunflower Hearts and a good way to cater for a range of wild birds in your garden, although Sunflower Hearts can be eaten by more species.

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 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 Blackbirds, 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!

Birds attracted by this food:

  • Greenfinches
  • Great tits
  • Coal tits
  • Blue tits
  • Chaffinches
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.

 
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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 Seeds for birds have 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 Seed 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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