Wild bird food, sunflower seed etc

twiglet98

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I've been buying sunflower hearts loose at my local farm shop for £1.90/kg, and black sunflower seeds at 85p/kg. Does anyone here buy in bulk, and what is a fair price for a big (say, 20kg) sack? Is it best to bulk buy online and pay delivery charges, or from a retail outlet? I'm a long drive from a retail park so it needs to be worth the diesel to go for bird food, though if visiting Pets At Home, Wickes or Focus DIY I could probably get cat litter at the same place, and shop at Lidl on the same retail park!

Seakay

I think that this company has pretty good prices and p&p is free over 10kg.
Of course you would need indoor space or weather proof and rodent proof outdoor containers to store the larger amounts
https://www.brinvale.com/

margaretclare

Don't get them from PetsAt Home. We got some and they were a big waste of money - did not contain the kinds of things the birds will eat. I get mine from CJ Wildbirds: www.birdfood.co.uk

SophieCat

I used to buy the 20kg sacks of wild bird seed from Pets at Home, but now they've put their prices up & there aren't any free delivery codes about. I've since had a look around & found a 20kg sack cheaper at http://www.vetuk.co.uk - £9.10 for a 20kg sack + £4.99 postage

jollyme

I buy from RSPB online, but storage can be underestimated

trudij

I bought mine from Charnwood mill - think I paid about £12 for a big sack of it.

http://www.charnwood-milling.co.uk/wildbird.htm is the bird page

emiff6

margaretclare wrote: »

Don't get them from PetsAt Home. We got some and they were a big waste of money - did not contain the kinds of things the birds will eat. I get mine from CJ Wildbirds: www.birdfood.co.uk

oooh, too expensive for me at that sort of price!
Trudij's site is much cheaper.

Westywoodpecker

Asda at the moment are selling bird seed 2kg bags for only £1