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Safflower

Safflower is packed full of protein, which is an essential nutrient for our wild birds. Protein is particularly important during the moult season in late summer when they lose their tired worn feathers from the breeding season and regrow new winter ready Read more...

option
price
qty
1.5kg (£2.33 per kg)
£3.50
3kg (£1.67 per kg)
£5.00
5kg (£1.40 per kg)
£7.00
15kg Paper Sack (£1.33 per kg)
£20.00
20kg Paper Sack (£1.20 per kg)
£24.00

Composition:

Safflower seeds.

How Do I Feed Safflower Seeds?

Safflower seeds are best added to a seed mix and fed from a hanging feeder, a bird table or the ground.

What Birds Like Safflower Seeds?

Safflower seeds are loved by finches, especially greenfinches.

No Fillers

Our safflower seeds are of the best quality we can source.

Recyclable Packaging:

Our Safflower seeds are available in plastic free 15kg Paper Sack and 20kg Paper Sack options. Our smaller bag sizes (1.5kg and 5kg) are made of a recyclable plastic. The plastic bags can be recycled at many supermarkets and other collection points. For more details and to find your nearest collection point, please read our recyclable packaging page.

Can I Feed Safflower All-Year Round?

Absolutely, Safflower is suitable for year round feeding.

Can Safflower be fed around pets?

Safflower seed do not contain raisins or sultanas.

Safflower is packed full of protein, which is an essential nutrient for our wild birds. Protein is particularly important during the moult season in late summer when they lose their tired worn feathers from the breeding season and regrow new winter ready feathers for optimal warmth and weather protection.

Safflower is also a great source of fat and fibre. It is a great addition to seed mixes and is also disliked by squirrels due to its bitter taste so can be used to deter squirrels from seed feeders!

Due to the hard outer shell safflower may take a bit of time for the birds to figure out how to break open the husk. Once the birds get a taste for it birds like greenfinches will seek it out!

Delivery:

Staying true to why we started Peckamix, we still make all our bird food to order in small batches and process it all by hand. This means your bird food is as fresh as possible and hasn't been sat in a warehouse for months. This does however mean we are unlikely to despatch your order same day as we need to make it for you! Please allow 3-5 days for your order to arrive.

Orders over £40 qualify for free delivery to most parts of the UK Mainland. Postcode exclusions apply, details can be found here.

For orders under £40 there is a £3.95 delivery charge.

Returns:

You have the right to return any unwanted goods up to a maximum period of 30 days after you receive the goods. If you cancel your order after it has been dispatched, you are responsible for returning the goods at your own expense.

Quality:
Service:
"WHAT A LOVELY AMOUNT OF SEEDS"
- Caroline
Thank you for the Safflower seeds. I could not imagine what size package it was going to be but have to say it was more than I was expecting, and I got them so soon after placing my order, which was also a lovely surprise!
28th June 2024

Quality:
Service:
" Very Good Quality seeds"
- Mr Nilesh Patel
Very Good quality seeds--Safflower --hard to get hold of these days--posted promptly
29th May 2024

Quality:
Service:
"Just what I had read they would do"
- Wendy
These seeds are magic, I read squirrels hate them and thought I would give it a try. I had given up feeding the bird as the squirrels were constantly emptying and destroying the feeder. I have started mixing the safflower into my bird food and the birds can't seem to get enough of them but after a couple of attempts the squirrels aren't even bothering to climb up the pole. These and the pinhead oats came well packaged and in good time at great prices making feeding the birds a viable option when everything is so expensive at the moment. I will be coming back to Peckamix in the future.
28th December 2023

Quality:
Service:
"birds are happy"
- Alex
Order received on time and well packaged. Birds are wading though it at an alarming rate so must like it. Hoping the bitter taste will deter squirrels but yet to establish whether that is happening.
10th December 2023

Quality:
Service:
"Trying out new product"
- storey49
I think the birds like it, it has been eaten!
2nd December 2022

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