Our 4kg Pick & Mix Bags are on special offer right now – some great savings to be had!

• Order 3 bags, pay for 2 – SAVE £8
• Order 4 bags, pay for 3 – SAVE £8
• Order 5 bags, pay for 4 – SAVE £8
• Order 6 bags, pay for 5 – SAVE £8

Pick & Mix allows you to order 4kg bags of any of our seed mixes, straight seeds, peanuts or suet pellets. The more bags you order, the more money you save...and this special offer means that, for a limited time, one of your bags is FREE if you order three or more 4kg bags!

So why not try something new for your garden birds today? Simply head over to our Pick & Mix page, click each item you wish to buy, and once you have made your selections, click the 'Add to Basket' button.

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OCTOBER SEED OF THE MONTH

Native Finch Mix

SAVE 15% (Offer Ends 31st October)

Our Native Finch Mix contains 12 different seeds, and this wide variety is guaranteed to attract not just finches but an assortment of small birds to your garden.

This mix is ideal for filling up seed feeders, but you can also pop it on your bird table or scatter it on the ground for all the ground-feeding birds to enjoy.

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Who Is Eating All the Nuts and Acorns?

We are!

Did you know that we sell our own home-made Really Wild Squirrel Food?

This mix is deliciously fresh and loved by squirrels! It comes with FREE DELIVERY, plus you can order it as part of your Pick & Mix order.

Our squirrel food is packed with delicious home-grown ingredients and nutritious seeds, plus high-energy oilseeds and peanuts! What more could a squirrel want?

If you are having trouble with squirrels raiding your bird feeders and stealing your bird food, why not put up a squirrel feeder just for them? Place it in a different part of your garden and encourage them to help themselves to our bespoke squirrel food – a bistro just for them!

Really Wild Squirrel Food is now available in 15kg sacks. So many customers wanted MORE, so we are now offering larger sacks of food for your squirrels. Great value at only £2.19 per kg!

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Enjoy your birds (and squirrels!)

Best wishes,
Lesley

P.S. There is a bountiful supply of acorns around this year, and some fairly amazing mushrooms and toadstools are enjoying the season. Just a word of warning: be diligent when walking dogs, since many of them may be poisonous.

Well, that's a wrap!

Harvest 2025 is finally finished! It's a long old season – most farmers tucked their combines away in August having had one of the earliest harvests on record, but we had to sit it out and wait for the spring bird seed crops to ripen. The plain canary seed was cut 5 weeks early due to the very dry weather; unfortunately canary seed doesn't like dry weather, so whilst the quality was excellent (and it came in dry) we only had 60% of our normal yield.

As the days shorten, the number of available hours to combine crops reduces significantly. The heavy morning dews and the damp coming down in early evening means that there is usually only a 4–5 hour daily window to cut crops.

Our red millet was harvested on 22nd September and the white millet on 1st October. Those two crops were the stars for the year, with both the quality and the yields being excellent. It was nice to finish the year with two crops that have done really well. Good news for us and your garden birds!

And now there is a big dash to plant our winter wheat, while the weather is favourable. Agronomists like us to plant autumn crops as late in the year as possible as this helps with disease control and grass weed problems, which ultimately will help us to bring down the cost of production. However, with late planting, there is always the pressure of the weather bearing down. Will it stay fair for the next month or will it be wet and stop us getting on the land? That is always the big question and there is too much at stake to gamble on the former, so the dash is on to get the job done during this window of fine weather.

Shoo fly!

This year has been particularly bad for a pest called the 'turnip sawfly', the larvae of which feeds on newly-planted winter oil seed rape crops. Their numbers can build rapidly, and boy, do they they feed voraciously, sawing out young plants and leaving them as plant skeletons!

The turnip sawfly (left) and plant damage caused by its larvae (right).

Wheat and barley

We are very pleased with our new grain store (erected late last year) and it is helping hugely. We can now hold much more of our own grain on the farm instead of sending it to a central store, which works out extremely expensive. Grain prices are really poor at the moment, with wheat trading at around £165 per tonne. We are hoping that, by holding onto our own grain, we can wait for prices to improve before selling...but with the way things are globally (there is a global over-supply) that may be a pipe dream this year.

We have grown a lot of spring barley this year, all of which achieved excellent malting barley quality, which is great in itself. However, the malting barley market in the UK has collapsed. Much of the UK's malting barley would normally be exported to maltsters in Europe, but this year they have been undercut by the Chinese who have produced large tonnages of cheap (inferior) malted barley for European brewers. So we currently have no home for our barley.

It would be fair to say that, in all the years Richard has been farming, this is one of the toughest to date. But we have to stay positive – and stay farming – because that is what we do and what we are good at!

On a brighter note: your garden birds are still enjoying our produce!

OCTOBER SEED OF THE MONTH

Native Finch Mix

From only £7.60 (SAVE 15%)

Our Native Finch Mix includes millet, oil seed rape, wheat, naked oats, plain canary seed and black sunflower seeds – and to make it even more tasty, we have added niger seed (which goldfinches particularly love), making this the perfect autumn bird food for finches and other small, hedge-loving birds.

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Special offers

There are some great deals to be had on our Special Offers page right now! Here are just a few of them (offer details correct as of October 2025):

• 15% off floating swan and duck food! Take an autumn stroll down to your nearest river or pond and feed the ducks! Bread isn't good for them, so this is a great alternative.
  
  
• 10% off Apollo two-port seed feeders! Apollo™ seed feeders help to make bird feeding simple. The base, lid and ports are easily removed for cleaning and refilling.
  
  
• 10% off the Vierno Tavern seed feeder! A domed roof and round arches create good visibility of birds' surroundings, helping them to feel secure whilst feeding.
  
  
• Save £7.70 on this hedgehog feeding dish with niblets! Get an adorable 'I Love Hedgehogs' ceramic feeding dish plus a bag of hedgehog niblets for only £9.95!
  
  
• Vetark Citrosan for only £5.50! Natural water sanitiser for your bird bath. Helps to reduce disease transmission.

View Our Special Offers Here

Discover Our Birdie Basics Range Here

Well, that's all from me for now. Enjoy your birds and, as always, thank you for your custom!

Kind regards,
Lesley

Trichomoniasis is a contagious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomas gallinae. The disease affects the gullet and throat, making it difficult for birds to swallow and breathe, often leading to death from starvation and dehydration. Birds that are commonly affected by trichomoniasis include pigeons, doves, house sparrows and finches – in fact, the breeding greenfinch population in the UK declined from 4.3 million to 2.8 million since the emergence of trichomoniasis in 2005.

So, how is trichomoniasis treated in wild birds and are there any ways to prevent it from spreading? This blog will unpack everything you need to know about trichomoniasis in wild birds.

You have probably seen your local pigeons pecking away at all sorts of human food on the streets, from chips to pizza to bread – but what do pigeons actually eat when they’re not scavenging in our urban environments? This blog will explore what pigeons like to eat and what we as humans can feed pigeons to give them a little healthy helping hand.

September is nearly upon us and there is definitely an autumnal chill in the air! You may have noticed just how laden the hedgerows are with fruit, berries and nuts this year – an incredible crop of nature's bounty. It's true that gardens become quiet as our feathered friends head off to make the most of these natural resources; however, we still recommend putting out some additional food to keep the birds in your area, and to ensure that their diet is 'topped up'.

Check out our Birdie Basics bird seed range, which includes a wheat-free seed mix. Just like our premium feeds, these more affordable mixes are packed with home-grown ingredients from our UK farm. And with prices starting from just 70p per kg (including free delivery!) they're a great choice to keep those feeders ticking over.

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August Seed of The Month

Original Farm Gold™

SAVE 15% (offer ends 31st August)

Homegrown is always best and this delicious, nutritious Original Farm Gold™ bird seed mix lets the harvest sunshine spill out of it.

September and October are often glorious 'golden' months as the mornings become just slightly colder. Original Farm Gold™ is a perfect autumn bird feed, and a fantastic premium choice for your garden birds at this time of year. Offer ends 31st August so don't miss out!

Order Before September & SAVE 15%

Enjoy your birds!

With best wishes,
Lesley

Our High Energy Fledgling Mix™ has done its work for the season...but garden birds are still hungry, so don't miss this opportunity to stock up one last time!

Be sure to order your High Energy Fledgling Mix™ before 25th August 2025. After that, this mix won't be available again until next year! Buy now >>

Why buy High Energy Fledgling Mix™?

• Highly digestible
• Packed with energy
• Mini bites make for easy feeding
• No mess mix – everything will be eaten
• Tastes delicious!

This family says 'thank you!'

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August Seed of the Month: Original Farm Gold™

15% off this month!

Home grown and delicious, our Original Farm Gold™ bird seed mix is a great choice for autumn feeding!

But you don't have to take our word for it...

"We have more garden birds than ever since we started feeding with Original Farm Gold™.

"Blackbirds, robins, blue tits, etc.

"But the pheasants love it as well!"

– Karen, Holmfirth

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This year looks like it's going to be a bumper one for nature's bounty. Our hedgerows and bushes are festooned with nuts and berries. We have been out and about picking blackberries for crumbles and pies...and perhaps a few bottles of blackberry tipple to see us through the winter months!

The hazelnut bushes in our garden are laden with nuts; the main problem we have is how to harvest them before the squirrels pinch them all. It's proving quite a challenge!

Many of our customers worry at this time of year that their garden birds will desert them. This is normal; they need time to moult, and then they will head off into the hedges to enjoy nature's food. But please don't worry – they will return. And while your feeders are quiet, it's a good opportunity for repair work and cleaning.

With very best wishes to all our customers,

Lesley

P.S. Don't forget to make the most of our special offers!

If you're looking for the perfect, protein-rich treat for your garden birds, look no further than live mealworms!

Mealworms are the larvae of the flour beetle, a native British insect that eats flour, meal, grain and other similar crops. They are made up of approximately 50% protein and 50% water, making them an excellent source of nutrition and hydration for wild birds.

As summer draws to a close and autumnal weather starts to take over, you may be wondering what this means for your garden birds.

Autumn is actually a critical time for many wild birds as they either prepare for migration or gear up for a long and cold winter at home. By offering the right foods in your feeders, you can support your feathered friends during this tricky transitional season – and enjoy some great birdwatching in the process!