A feeder surrounded by discarded husks is a feeder that has been fed the wrong mix, which is the specific problem a "no mess" seed blend is built to solve. Peckish combine 12 ingredients with their own Calvita nutrient blend in this one, aimed at feeder, table and ground feeding all at once rather than one method only.

Peckish market this mix as capable of attracting up to 16 species to the garden, naming chaffinches, blackbirds, song thrushes, robins, dunnocks, nuthatches, bullfinches, greenfinches, goldfinches, house sparrows, siskins, great tits, blue tits, coal tits, long-tailed tits and great spotted woodpeckers among them. No protein, fat or fibre analysis is published on this pack, and the 12 named ingredients themselves are not individually listed — only the "no mess" and "high energy" claims and the recommended species.

• Contains 12 ingredients plus Calvita nutrients
• No mess, no waste formulation
• Suitable for feeder, table and ground feeding
• High energy
• Recommended for up to 16 named bird species
• 12.75kg sack

What the label does not say. The 12 ingredients that make up this mix are not individually named on this pack, and no protein, fat or fibre percentage is published — you are buying on the "no mess" claim and the named bird species rather than a nutritional breakdown you could compare against another mix.

Who it's for: garden birdwatchers feeding from a feeder, table and the ground who want to attract a wide range of species without the husk debris a cheaper mix leaves behind.