Wild bird food delivered to your door
Ordering wild bird food online, rather than picking up a bag at a garden centre, mostly buys you convenience: no trip needed, and a heavy sack of seed or suet arrives at your door instead of in the boot of your car. It is not automatically the cheapest way to feed garden birds, so it is worth comparing price per kilogram between products rather than assuming a delivered bag is better value simply because it saved you a journey.
Comparing seed, suet and mixes properly
Wild bird food ranges from loose seed mixes and sunflower hearts to suet pellets, fat balls and speciality feeds for particular birds, and prices per kilogram vary a lot between them. Sunflower hearts and no-mess mixes tend to cost more per kilogram than a basic mixed seed, largely because there is no waste husk for birds to discard, which can actually work out more economical in practice despite the higher sticker price.
Buying a larger bag when the price per kilogram is genuinely better makes sense for a feed that keeps well, but it is worth checking how much your garden's visiting birds actually get through before committing to a very large sack that might sit half-used for months.
Different birds, different food
Not every visiting bird eats the same thing, and a single all-purpose mix will feed some garden birds better than others: sunflower hearts and seed mixes suit finches and sparrows well, suet and fat-based feeds are popular with tits and other birds needing extra energy, especially in colder months, and mealworms are a favourite with robins and blackbirds. Offering more than one type of feed, even in modest quantities, tends to attract a wider range of birds than a single feed alone.
Storage matters too: seed and suet both keep better in a dry, sealed container away from damp, since mouldy or damp bird food is worth avoiding rather than putting out.
What delivery actually changes
Beyond convenience, having food delivered means you can restock before running out rather than discovering an empty feeder on a cold morning, which matters more in winter when garden birds rely more heavily on supplementary feeding. It also makes it easier to buy a heavier bag than you would want to carry from a shop, which is where some of the per-kilogram savings on larger packs come from.
Whichever way you buy it, keeping feeders topped up consistently, particularly through winter, does more for the birds visiting your garden than which specific product you choose.
The cheaper end of the range
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Peckish Complete Seed
A husk-free garden bird seed mix with Peckish's own added vitamin pellet
From£3.00
Peckish Winter Warmer Extra Energy Seed Mix
A 1KG winter seed mix with 9 ingredients and 20% oil for extra energy
£3.99
Peckish Complete Seed and Nut No Mess Wild Bird Seed Mix
A no-mess seed and nut mix for the garden, built from 12 ingredients for up to 16 bird species
£20.99
Peckish Sunflower Hearts
Sunflower hearts for wild birds, a husk-free, high-energy straight for feeder or table
£5.39
Peckish Extra Goodness Energy Balls
A 6-plus-6-free pack of energy balls with peanuts, sunflower seed and beef tallow
£3.99
Peckish Complete Ready to Use Bird Feeder
A pre-filled, refillable wild bird feeder, ready to hang straight out of the packaging
£5.99
Peckish Robin Seed Mix
A 1KG insect-added seed mix from Peckish, marketed specifically at robins
£3.75
Peckish No Grow Seed Mix
A weed-free wild bird seed mix, husk-free and treated so it won't sprout in the garden below
From£5.49
Peckish Suet & Peanut Feeder
A perforated stainless steel feeder that takes either suet pellets or peanuts
£12.99
Peckish Extra Goodness Crumble Mix
A 1KG crumble-texture treat mix for garden birds, with added vitamins
£4.99
Peckish Winter Warmer High Energy Wild Bird Seed Mix
A high-energy winter seed mix for garden birds, feeder or table
£24.99
Common questions
- Is delivered wild bird food more expensive than buying in a shop?
- Not necessarily — it depends on the specific product and pack size rather than delivery itself. Comparing price per kilogram between products, whether bought online or in person, is the fairest way to judge value, since pack sizes and formulations vary widely.
- What wild bird food attracts the most birds?
- A mix of feed types generally attracts a wider range of birds than any single product, since different species prefer different food: seed mixes and sunflower hearts for finches and sparrows, suet-based feeds for tits, and mealworms for robins and blackbirds.
- How much wild bird food should I buy at once?
- It depends on how many birds visit your garden and how quickly you get through what you put out, but buying more than you can use within a few months risks the food going stale or damp in storage. A moderate bag size, topped up as needed, generally works better than one very large sack.
- Do I need to feed wild birds all year round?
- Many people feed year-round, though it matters most in winter and early spring, when natural food sources are scarcer and birds need more energy to stay warm. Feeding consistently, rather than starting and stopping, helps birds rely on your garden as a dependable food source.
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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.