Bird Food
Sunflower hearts, peanuts, nyjer, fat balls, suet and mealworms. The right food decides which birds call your garden home.
About our bird food
Bird food and feeders work as a pair: the feeder decides who can reach the food, but the food decides who bothers coming at all. Get the menu right and your patch builds a full cast within weeks. Sunflower hearts are the great all-rounder - husk-free kernels that everything from goldfinches to robins eats without waste. Peanuts, served safely through steel mesh, keep the tit flock busy for hours. Nyjer seed brings goldfinches and little else, which is exactly its charm. Fat balls and suet pellets are dense winter fuel when cold nights cost small birds a tenth of their body weight, and mealworms are the protein that robins, wrens and nesting parents value above everything. Every food here is chosen for UK garden birds, with no cheap filler seed that gets flicked to the floor. Store it cool, dry and sealed, and buy little and often for freshness. Free UK delivery on orders over £20, guaranteed like everything we sell.
Bird Food - FAQs
What is the best all-round bird food?
Sunflower hearts. Every common UK garden bird eats them, there are no husks to clear up, and nothing is wasted. If you buy one bag to start with, make it that one.
Should I feed birds all year round?
Yes - winter feeding is survival, spring feeding supports exhausted parents, and year-round food keeps your garden on the local flock's daily round. Just adjust the menu by season.
How should bird food be stored?
Cool, dry and sealed - a metal bin or sturdy tub keeps damp, mice and rats out. Buy quantities you will use within a couple of months so oils in the seed stay fresh.
100% money-back guarantee
Love it, or it costs you nothing
Every order from British Bird Feeders is covered by our 100% money-back guarantee. If it's not right, tell us and we'll refund the lot.
Not happy? Full refund – we even pay the return postage.