Winter Bird Food

During winter, long cold nights and short days make natural bird food scarce. Frozen ground and water leaves them at serious risk of starvation. Keeping a bird feeder full of energy rich bird food really can make the difference between life and death. 

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  • Ark Suet Balls with Insects; Bowl of Ark Suet Balls; Feeding Ark Suet Balls in the garden Ark Suet Balls with Insects; Bowl of Ark Suet Balls; Feeding Ark Suet Balls in the garden

    Ark Suet Balls with Insects

    From £4.75
    From £4.75
    • All-rounder: a delicious treat for garden birds throughout the year
    • Protein-packed: with added dried insects for a healthy boost
    • Quality: over 25% fat content – much higher than most standard fat balls
  • Ark No Mess Feeder Mix for birds Chaffinch eating ark no mess bird feeder mix
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    Ark No Mess Feeder Mix

    From £5.75
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    • Popular: our bestselling no mess bird feeder mix
    • High-quality: high oil and protein mix
    • Versatile: attractive to all birds in your garden
  • Standard Peanut Kernels; Attract more birds with quality peanut kernels; Woodpeckers love peanut kernels; Keep squirrels off peanuts for birds

    Classic Peanut Kernels

    From £5.90
    From £5.90
    • Classic Mixed Crops: always premium oil and protein content
    • Natural: perfectly misshapen and varied in size
    • Quality-checked: free from aflatoxins and bird safe
  • Premium Sunflower Hearts; Premium Sunflower Hearts; Blue Tit sunflower Seeds; Blue tit and nuthatch on sunflower hearts Premium Sunflower Hearts; Premium Sunflower Hearts; Blue Tit sunflower Seeds; Blue tit and nuthatch on sunflower hearts
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    Premium Sunflower Hearts

    From £5.50
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    • High-quality: premium sunflower hearts 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
  • Standard Sunflower Hearts; Greenfinch on sunflower hearts; Chaffinch enjoying Standard Sunflower Hearts Standard Sunflower Hearts; Greenfinch on sunflower hearts; Chaffinch enjoying Standard Sunflower Hearts

    Classic Sunflower Hearts

    From £4.75
    From £4.75
    • 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 Premium Fat Balls Ark Premium Fat Balls

    Ark Premium Fat Balls

    From £5.50
    From £5.50
    • Exceptional: with higher fat content than most fatballs available, 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 wide variety of wild birds to your garden
  • Ark Insect Suet Pellets; Ark Insect Suet Pellets being enjoyed by a Robin; Ark Insect Suet Pellets enjoyed by this Blackbird Ark Insect Suet Pellets; Ark Insect Suet Pellets being enjoyed by a Robin; Ark Insect Suet Pellets enjoyed by this Blackbird

    Ark Insect Suet Pellets

    From £5.20
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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
  • Duck and Swan Floating Food ducks and swans eating floating duck food

    Ark Duck & Swan Floating Food

    From £5.65
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    • 100% natural: specially formulated from premium ingredients
    • Palatable: sized and shaped specifically for dabbling ducks
    • Nutritious: over 20% more calorific than others on the market
  • Ark Robin Friendly Premium bird food Female blackbird tucking in to ark premium robin bird food

    Ark Robin Friendly Premium

    From £6.35
    From £6.35
    • 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 Suet Pellets for Birds; Dunnock eating berry pellets; Blackbird eating insect pellets; Robin eating insect pellets Three clear recyclable plastic bags filled with suet pellets printed with 'Small Changes Big Impact' and '100% Natural', arranged on a stone surface with a blurred green outdoor background.

    Ark Mixed MultiPack Suet Pellets

    From £11.10
    From £11.10
    • 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 Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut Ark Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut; Ark Squirrel Whole Nut

    Ark Squirrel Whole Nut

    From £8.00
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    • Excellent: for squirrels healthy teeth
    • Balance: of ingredients keeps feeding interest
    • Variety: of nuts popular with all squirrels
  • Ark Insectivore Food; Hedgehogs eating Ark Insectivore Food; Fieldfare eating Ark Insectivore Food; Nuthatch eating Ark Insectivore Food Ark Insectivore Food; Hedgehogs eating Ark Insectivore Food; Fieldfare eating Ark Insectivore Food; Nuthatch eating Ark Insectivore Food
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    Ark Insectivore Food

    From £7.20
    From £7.20
    • 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 Hearty Suet Mix Blackbird eating ark hearty suet mix

    Ark Hearty™ Suet Mix

    From £6.10
    From £6.10
    • Versatile: attracts a wide variety of birds to your garden
    • High-quality: a carefully blended mix of only the most premium seeds
    • Caring: no fillers as these offer no nutritional value
  • Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets; Young Blackbird enjoying mealworm suet pellets; Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets; Young Blackbird enjoying mealworm suet pellets; Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets

    Ark Mealworm Suet Pellets

    From £5.20
    From £5.20
    • Versatile: suitable for all year round feeding
    • High-quality: made from 100% premium ingredients
    • Nutritious: high energy and protein
  • Calcium Worms Dried Calcium Worms

    Dried Calcium Worms

    From £4.10
    From £4.10
    • Nutritious: excellent source of protein and calcium
    • Versatile: perfect for table, ground and seed feeders
    • Appealing: attract more insectivore birds to gardens
  • Ark Winter Warmer Mix Ark Winter Warmer Bird Food; Jackdaw Feeding; Robin on Ark Bird Food; Feeding Birds in Winter

    Ark Winter Warmer Mix

    From £6.50
    From £6.50
    • Caring: provides birds with energy in the colder months
    • High-quality: only the best ingredients make our mixes
    • Popular: entices winter wildlife into your garden
  • Premium Peanuts for birds; Blue tit enjoying peanut kernels; Attract more birds with high quality peanuts; A Blue Tit enjoying Premium Peanut Kernels Premium Peanuts for birds; Blue tit enjoying peanut kernels; Attract more birds with high quality peanuts; A Blue Tit enjoying Premium Peanut Kernels

    Large Premium Peanut Kernels

    From £6.55
    From £6.55
    • Superior Size & Quality: Sourced exclusively from the top grade large peanut crops, providing maximum nutritional value
    • Safety Guaranteed: Every batch rigorously tested for aflatoxins, ensuring completely safe bird feeding
    • Optimal Nutrition: Rich in essential oils and natural proteins, promoting wild birds' health and vitality
  • Peanut Granules

    Peanut Granules

    From £6.80
    From £6.80
    • 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 Dunnock eating pellets mixed with Ark No Mess Feeder Mix; Ark Berry Suet Pellets Robin eating Berry Pellets from a compact feeding tray; Ark Berry Suet Pellets Robin enjoying berry pellets from a ground feeding tray Ark Berry Suet Pellets; Ark Berry Suet Pellets Dunnock eating pellets mixed with Ark No Mess Feeder Mix; Ark Berry Suet Pellets Robin eating Berry Pellets from a compact feeding tray; Ark Berry Suet Pellets Robin enjoying berry pellets from a ground feeding tray

    Ark Berry Suet Pellets

    From £5.20
    From £5.20
    • Versatile: suitable for all year round feeding
    • High-quality: made from 100% premium ingredients
    • Nutritious: high energy and protein
  • Blue tit eating suet from coconut suet filled coconut for birds

    Coconut Bird Feeder - Suet with Mealworms

    From £14.50
    From £14.50
    • Nutritious: Half coconut shells packed with suet and dried mealworms
    • Supportive: Nutritious fats to attract a wide variety of birds, 100% biodegradable
    • Easy To Use: Quick, clean and simple - individually packed including string hanger
  • Clear glass bowl filled with fox food on a white background Fox eating Ark Fox Food on a garden patio

    Ark Fox Food

    From £9.60
    From £9.60
    • High-protein, meaty biscuits: specially formulated to provide wild foxes with balanced energy, vitamins, and minerals all year round.
    • Highly palatable, clean, convenient: low-mess extruded biscuits reduce waste and odour while keeping your garden feeding areas hygienic.
    • Trusted UK quality: developed and manufactured in the UK, specifically for feeding both rural and urban foxes.

  • Ark Ground and Table Mix Blackbird eating ark ground and table mix

    Ark Ground & Table Mix

    From £5.90
    From £5.90
    • 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
  • Suet Balls with Sunflower Hearts for Birds Ark Suet Balls with Sunflower Hearts

    Ark Suet Balls with Sunflower Hearts

    From £4.95
    From £4.95
    • Highly Palatable: Suet enriched with sunflower hearts to attract the maximum number of birds
    • Attracts Greater Diversity: Perfect for robins, tits, starlings, finches, blackbirds, and other frequent garden visitors
    • No Waste: 100% edible. Clean, safe and nutritious, made without bulking agents or harmful mesh netting
  • Ark Premium Song Bird Food

    Ark Premium Song Bird Food

    From £6.75
    From £6.75
    • Nutritious: Blackbirds, Thrushes and Robins in particular will relish this highly palatable specifically blended bird food
    • Supportive: Provides effective protein and energy to birds
    • Desirable: Blackbirds, Thrushes and Robins prefer feeding from the bird table and ground

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Should I change the bird food I offer in winter time?

If the birds visiting are happy with the food you are giving them, don't change - you just might need a bit more!

What are the best bird foods to offer in winter?

It's all about energy at this time of year. Peanuts for fat and protein. Black sunflower seeds have great oil content whilst sunflower hearts save the birds having to remove the outer shell. Fatballs and suets are winter essentials providing the energy required for long winter nights.

What else can I do?

Ensuring there is fresh water for drinking and bathing is vitally important. Ice-Free for bird baths can help prevent water freezing down to temperatures of -4 degrees.

When does winter feeding matter most?

Winter feeding can be particularly valuable from late winter into early spring, when natural food supplies may be running low. By January to March, berries and seeds can be harder to find, while frost and frozen ground can make it more difficult for birds to access natural food. This can be a challenging period for small garden birds, so continuing to provide fresh, suitable food through February and into spring can offer valuable additional support.

Should I feed birds in the morning or the evening?

If possible, offering food in both the morning and evening gives garden birds feeding opportunities at two important times of day. Birds have used energy overnight, so providing fresh food in the morning gives them an opportunity to replenish their energy reserves early in the day. Evening feeding can also be useful, particularly during colder weather, when birds need to build up energy reserves before nightfall. Rather than putting out a large amount at lunchtime, smaller amounts refreshed morning and evening can help keep food fresh.

Does frozen water matter as much as food?

Yes, providing fresh water can be just as important as food during a hard frost. When ponds, puddles and bird baths freeze, birds may have fewer accessible sources of drinking water, while finding natural food can also become more difficult. Check your bird bath each morning, remove any ice and refill it with fresh, preferably lukewarm water. You can use a wildlife-safe additive such as Ice-Free to prevent the water from freezing.

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