Brambles wildlife food
Brambles is a UK brand that makes food for garden visitors rather than pets you keep, and we stock two parts of that range: hedgehog food and waterfowl food for swans and ducks. Both exist because the obvious alternative — kitchen scraps or bread — is worse for the animal than a food built for it.
Two different visitors, two different foods
The hedgehog side of the range comes in meaty, crunchy and semi-moist versions, which matters because hedgehogs can be inconsistent visitors — a food left untouched for a week is not necessarily a food a hedgehog dislikes, it may just be a night nobody came past the garden. Having more than one texture on hand gives you something to try if one is consistently ignored.
The swan and duck food is a floating pellet, designed to sit on the water rather than sink and go to waste on a pond bed uneaten. That matters on a river or lake as much as a garden pond, since sunk food does nothing for the birds it was meant to feed.
Why not just bread
Bread is the traditional thing to throw to ducks and swans, and it is also widely discouraged by bird charities now, because it fills a bird up without giving it much nutritional value, and can encourage overcrowding and poor water quality where large amounts build up uneaten. A food built for waterfowl is the better habit to get into.
The same logic applies to hedgehogs and kitchen leftovers: a hedgehog will eat bread and milk if offered, but it is well known to cause digestive upset, and milk in particular is not something a hedgehog digests well. A dedicated hedgehog food avoids the guesswork entirely.
The range
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Brambles Float Swan Duck Food
Floating swan and duck food made in Great Britain, in two sack sizes
From£9.29
Brambles Floating Swan & Duck Food
A 400G floating pellet food for swans, ducks, geese, moorhens and coots
£2.99
Treat 'N' Eat Fatball 90g (No Net)
A single 90g high-energy fat ball for wild birds, netless for safe garden feeding
£0.29
Honeyfields Simply Suet Pellets with Insects
High-energy suet pellets with insects, at 490kcal per 100g, in two sizes
From£3.49
Peckish Complete Seed
A husk-free garden bird seed mix with Peckish's own added vitamin pellet
From£3.00
Peckish Robin Seed Mix
A 1KG insect-added seed mix from Peckish, marketed specifically at robins
£3.75
Peckish Winter Warmer Extra Energy Seed Mix
A 1KG winter seed mix with 9 ingredients and 20% oil for extra energy
£3.99
Sunflower Hearts
Dehusked sunflower hearts for wild birds, described as high in oil and no mess
£42.99
Johnston Jeff Selected Wild Bird Food
A wild bird seed mix with black oil sunflower for a wide range of garden birds
From£2.79
Supa Dried Calci Worms
Dried calci-worms for wild birds, higher in calcium than dried mealworms, in a resealable tub
From£5.99
Suet to Go Suet Pellets Insect
Insect suet pellets for wild birds, 12.55kg, for year-round garden feeding
£32.99
Suet to Go High Energy Mealworm Suet Cakes - 10 Pack Value
High-energy suet cakes with mealworm, in a 10-pack value box
£12.29
Common questions
- What does Brambles hedgehog food actually contain?
- The range comes in meaty, crunchy and semi-moist textures rather than one fixed recipe, which is useful because hedgehogs can be selective and a texture ignored one week might be taken readily the next. Check the pack for the specific ingredients of the variant you buy.
- Is it true you shouldn't feed bread to ducks and swans?
- Bread fills a bird up without offering much nutritional value, and uneaten bread left in water can affect water quality and attract pests. A purpose-made floating food, like the Brambles range, is the better habit for anyone regularly feeding a local pond or river.
- Can I feed hedgehog food to my cat or dog by mistake?
- It is formulated for hedgehogs specifically rather than cats or dogs, so it should not be used as a substitute for either. If a cat helps itself to a bowl left out for hedgehogs occasionally that is not an emergency, but it should not become a habit.
- How much wildlife food should I put out at once?
- Small, regular amounts work better than one large serving, since uneaten food left out overnight can attract rats or spoil. Put out what a visiting hedgehog or a small group of waterfowl would realistically finish, and top up the next time you see it has gone.
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Written against guidance published by UK veterinary and welfare organisations. Always confirm specifics with your own vet.
Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.