Collection: Bird Food

There is so much enjoyment to be had from feeding the birds in your garden and with it comes responsibility. Garden birds are wild animals, but if you offer bird food daily you can become very attached to the regular visitors to your garden and ‘the’ garden birds soon become your birds.

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  • Classic Peanut Kernels

    Classic Peanut Kernels

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    • Classic Mixed Crops: but always premium oil content
    • Natural: perfectly misshapen and varied in size
    • Quality-checked: free from aflatoxins and bird safe
  • Ark No Mess Feeder Mix

    Ark No Mess Feeder Mix

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    From £4.95
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    • Popular: our bestselling no mess feeder mix
    • High-quality: high oil and protein mix
    • Versatile: attractive to all birds in your garden
  • Premium Sunflower Hearts

    Premium Sunflower Hearts

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    From £4.70
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    • High-quality: are of the finest bakery grade, with an additional clean and filter
    • Energising: rich in oil for that beneficial boost
    • Versatile: enjoyed by every bird that will visit your garden
  • Classic Sunflower Hearts

    Classic Sunflower Hearts

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    From £4.40
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    • Extra value: the same great nutrition at a more competitive price
    • Nutritious: the same high-oil bakery grade seeds with just a few more broken bits
    • Well-liked: universally enjoyed by garden birds in feeders, bird tables or scattered on the ground
  • Ark Suet Balls with Insects

    Ark Suet Balls with Insects

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    From £4.99
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    • All-rounder: a delicious treat for garden birds throughout the year
    • Protein-packed: with added dried insects for a healthy boost
    • Quality: over 27.5% fat content – much higher than most standard retailers
  • Ark Premium Fat Balls

    Ark Premium Fat Balls

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    From £4.95
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    • Exceptional: with higher fat content than other suppliers for a softer consistency
    • High Fat Content: The `fat` in a fat ball is what gives birds energy. The more the better!
    • Versatile: attracts a variety of wild birds to your garden
  • Ark Classic Wild Bird Food

    Ark Classic Wild Bird Food

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    From £3.75
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    • Versatile: suitable all year round and for a variety of birds
    • High-quality: premium ingredients
    • Caring: designed to keep birds healthy
  • Ark Insectivore Food

    Ark Insectivore Food

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    From £6.15
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    • Nourishing: fortified with protein, calcium and probiotics for bird health
    • Wildlife-focused: help insect eaters when their natural food is scarce
    • Versatile: a highly palatable food supplement for insect eating birds and mammals
  • Ark Heartyâ„¢ Mealworm Mix

    Ark Heartyâ„¢ Mealworm Mix

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    • High-quality: premium mealworm mix with extra protein
    • Versatile: suitable for year-round use
    • Caring: wheat free with zero fillers
  • Dried Mealworms

    Dried Mealworms

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    • Energising: provides the same high levels of energy as live insects
    • Protein-packed: a highly valuable source of protein for insect-eating garden birds
    • Versatile: a tasty and appealing treat for a range of wild birds
  • Ark Insect Suet Pellets

    Ark Insect Suet Pellets

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    From £4.50
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    • Wholesome: packed with energy and protein for a filling meal
    • High-quality: made with 100% quality natural ingredients
    • Fledgling-friendly: ideal for baby birds in spring and summer time
  • Ark Summer Support Mix

    Ark Summer Support Mix

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    £6.05
    • Nutritious: Increased protein and calcium content to support the birds through the breeding season
    • Supportive: Gives the birds the best prospect of breeding and fledging successfully
    • Versatile: Perfect for table & ground feeding

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  • Ark Robin Friendly Premium

    Ark Robin Friendly Premium

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    • Caring: zero fillers for maximum nutrition
    • Popular: attracts robins and other songbirds to your garden
    • Nutritious: sunflower seeds, peanuts and raisins give an energy boost
  • Ark Mixed MultiPack Suet Pellets

    Ark Mixed MultiPack Suet Pellets

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    • Nutritious: packed with high-energy and protein for a more filling meal
    • 100% natural: made with only the highest quality natural ingredients
    • Flavoursome: a variety of tasty flavours to keep birds intrigued during feeds
  • Ark Heartyâ„¢ Suet Mix

    Ark Heartyâ„¢ Suet Mix

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    • Versatile: attracts a variety of birds
    • High-quality: we use only the most premium seeds
    • Caring: no fillers as these offer no nutritional value
  • Dried Calcium Worms

    Dried Calcium Worms

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    • Nutritious: excellent source of protein and calcium
    • Versatile: perfect for table, ground and seed feeders
    • Appealing: attract more insectivore birds to gardens
  • Ark Premium Wild Bird Food

    Ark Premium Wild Bird Food

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    From £4.75
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    • Premium table mix: to attract the widest range of species to your garden
    • Packed: with high energy seeds
    • Bring: the widest variety of birds to your garden
  • Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets

    Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets

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    • Versatile: suitable for all year round feeding
    • High-quality: made from 100% premium ingredients
    • Nutritious: high energy and protein
  • Coconut Bird Feeder - Suet with Mealworms

    Coconut Bird Feeder - Suet with Mealworms

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    • Nutritious: Half coconut shell packed with suet and mealworms
    • Supportive: 100% Biodegradable
    • Easy To Use: Quick, clean and simple - individually packed including hanger
  • Niger Seed

    Niger Seed

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    • 100% natural: packed with only the highest quality, nutritious ingredients
    • Enticing: goldfinches are renowned for their love for niger seeds
    • Nutritious: always with premium oil and high protein content
  • Peanut Granules

    Peanut Granules

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    From £7.00
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    • High-quality: made of the freshest peanut kernels on the market
    • Bite-sized: suitable for small species of birds and fledglings
    • Tested and tasty: completely free from aflatoxins and bird safe
  • Ark Berry Suet Pellets

    Ark Berry Suet Pellets

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    From £4.50
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    • Versatile: suitable for all year round feeding
    • High-quality: made from 100% premium ingredients
    • Nutritious: high energy and protein
  • Ark Ground & Table Mix

    Ark Ground & Table Mix

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    From £5.15
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    • High-quality: made with 100% natural ingredients
    • Pet safe: this blend is raisin-free to ensure no harm will come to your garden pets
    • Enticing: a mixture of high oil sunflower hearts and peanuts to attract a range of garden songbirds
  • Choice Black Sunflower Seeds

    Choice Black Sunflower Seeds

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    • Caring: specifically selected seed crop for higher oil content
    • Popular: loved by a multitude of garden visitors
    • Nutritious superfood: rich in oil, protein and energy

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Some birds become so familiar with the routine, that they will be found waiting for you to fill the bird table, rewarding you with hours of entertainment, colour and song.

Time flies as you watch birds queuing at the feeder and taking it in turns to feed – it’s fascinating, immensely entertaining and very rewarding. It is also calming and therapeutic to sit down with a cup of tea and watch their interactions.

At Ark Wildlife we enjoy hearing your many delightful anecdotes and seeing your photos. We even run a monthly garden bird photo competition giving you the chance to win vouchers for any garden bird photos you share with us.

Which bird food should I start with?

An easy way to start attracting birds is to put up two bird feeder favourites. Fill the first bird feeder with sunflower hearts and the second with peanuts. You might also want to add some fat balls.

As you get to recognise the different types of birds that visit your garden, we`ll help you choose different feeders and bird foods that will appeal to the birds you want to attract. We`ll also give you some top tips for feeding along with advice and guidance on where to put your bird feeders and how to maintain them. We will also advise you on which bird food to use with the changing seasons.

How to increase the diversity of your garden birds with a wide range of bird food

To increase the diversity of species that visit your feeders and to keep them in the garden longer and more often, you`ll need to offer a wide range of bird food. This should then be offered at different heights on and above the ground; it`s what we call tiered bird feeding.

Some birds, such as woodpeckers, aren’t seed eaters, and you can offer these splendid birds fat, suet, peanuts or perhaps live mealworms. Others, such as blue tits and great tits, have mixed diets and will enjoy bird seeds as well as fat and suet.

Some birds, such as finches and sparrows, are specialist bird seed eaters and will only visit the garden bird feeder if a good quality bird seed mix with their preferred seeds is available. The charming goldfinch will typically only spend time at the bird feeder if sunflower seeds or niger seed is available.

Wild birds need water as much as food for drinking and bathing. We always recommend putting fresh clean water out every day of the year.

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Q: What are the most popular types of bird food?

A: The most popular types of bird food include sunflower seeds, peanuts, suet, mealworms, and mixed seeds.

Q: What bird feeders can I use?

A: You can use hanging tube or lantern feeders and ground feeding trays or bird tables as well as specialised feeders designed for certain feed, like niger seed, peanut or suet feeders.

Q: What if a bird does not eat seeds?

A: If the birds in your garden aren’t eating the seeds you put out, you may want to offer alternative foods like suet, mealworms, or fruit.

Q: Why is tiered bird feeding important?

A: Tiered bird feeding caters to different bird species by providing different feeders at various heights, reducing competition and attracting a wider variety of birds.

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