With 50% more fat than traditional Suet Fat Balls, our Sunflower Super Suet Fat Balls are a firm favourite with garden birds and therefore a popular choice for many of our customers to buy. Our fat balls for wild birds are a valuable source of energy for a wide range of species, with the Tit family especially attracted to them.
Our Super Suet Fat Balls are made from beef fat, wheat flour, peanut, linseed, rapeseed, millet seed and kibbled sunflower. Beware of cheap suet balls, as the low cost is often achieved by adding waste ingredients such as sand and sawdust to bulk them out.
Specification
85g balls made from suet, wheat flour, peanuts, linseed, rapeseed, millet, kibbled sunflower hearts
Please note all suet products can contain peanut flour
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
Patricia Long
100%
Fabulous food birds really love it.
14/07/2025
Dick Bell
100%
Good product delivered quickly
11/07/2025
Yvette Andrews
100%
well packed and the birds love them. i'm keeping them stored in my garage fridge and usually need two more each day. the woodpecker loves them too.
A firm favourite with a wide range of garden bird species, our Super Suet Fat Balls provide a valuable source of energy throughout the year and especially during the winter months. These Sunflower Super Suet Fat balls for birds contain 50% more fat than out traditional Suet Fat Balls, and along with the base ingredient of suet, they also contain kibbled sunflower hearts, which is attractive to most species of garden bird.
Suet fat balls for birds can attract a wide range of bird species to gardens, with different species of Tit being especially keen to get to this high-energy food source. Along with using hanging feeders to put the Super Suet Fat Balls in, placing some loose on the ground to allow species such as Robin and Blackbird to feed on them.
An important thing to keep in mind when buying fat balls for wild birds, is that the quality varies enormously. Low-cost and cheap fat balls for birds often contain inedible fillers including sand and sawdust, meaning they are of poorer quality and have a lower nutritional value. Unlike other fat balls, our Super Suet Fat Balls have no fillers and only contain good quality ingredients, so it’s worth paying that little bit extra for the benefit of the birds in your garden.
What are Suet and Fat Balls?
Suet balls, or fat balls as they are also known, are typically made from animal suet and other fat which is mixed with other ingredients to help preserve the product and its shape.
A very important point to understand about suet and fat balls is that the quality varies hugely between suppliers – and the poorer the quality, the less beneficial they are to birds. In other words, if you see cheap suet or fat balls on sale, you can almost guarantee they are of poor quality, have low nutritional value and have very little suet since they are filled with waste ingredients. All the suet balls we sell at Vine House Farm are of course of high quality.
What type of birds will be attracted to eat Super Suet Fat Balls?
The main species will be Great tit, Coal tit, Long-tailed tit, Blue tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Starling, and depending on the type of feeder you use Robin as well. For Robins, the main requirement is a feeder they can easily stand on rather than hang from – which they find very difficult to do. Placing some Super Suet Fat Balls on a bird table or ground feeder will also allow Blackbirds to feed on them.
What are the benefits of Super Suet Fat Balls from Vine House Farm?
Besides the high quantity of suet, Vine House Farm’s suet balls do not have the potentially harmful plastic netting usually found on fat balls, which eliminates the possibility of birds getting entangled in the netting.
Do robins eat fat balls?
Robins do eat fat balls, but they need a fat ball feeder that they can stand on, or fat balls placed on a bird table or ground feeding tray or fat balls placed on a bird table or ground feeding tray.
How long should you leave fat balls out for birds?
Fat balls should be eaten quickly, provided they are of high quality. If the suet fat balls aren’t eaten quickly, then look for signs of deterioration such as discolouration and mould – these are signs that they should be replaced.
Additionally, the time of year and weather will also have a bearing, with fat balls put out in the winter months having a longer shelf life – albeit they’re also likely to be eaten more quickly during colder weather.
How should I feed Super Suet Fat Balls to birds in my garden?
There are two basic ways to feed Super Suet Fat Balls to birds: The first is in a special hanging feeder, with this allowing species such as Blue tit and Long-tailed tit to feed on them. The second method is to place the suet balls loose on a bird table or ground feeder tray, with this allowing for species such as Blackbird and Robin to feed on them.
Do squirrels eat bird-fat balls?
Grey Squirrels will indeed eat fat balls, which can be a problem in some gardens. To prevent this from happening, we also sell caged suet ball feeders which will allow small birds in to get to the fat balls but keep squirrels out. Red squirrels do not normally eat fat balls.
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