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Read more about the article Everything You Need To Know About Wild Bird Peanuts

Everything You Need To Know About Wild Bird Peanuts

  • Post author:Garden Wildlife Direct
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Peanuts are hugely popular with a very wide variety of bird species that visit our gardens across the UK. They are a completely natural and healthy food, and contain essential…

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Photo Competition Winners

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Thank you to everyone that voted in our August 2019 Photo Competition! We had a fantastic turnout with just over 400 photos from our customers. It's been tricky to pick…

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Read more about the article Niger Seed: What You Need To Know

Niger Seed: What You Need To Know

  • Post author:Steve
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What is Niger Seed? Niger seed (often called Nyger Seed or Nyjer Seed) is a small black seed from the Guizotia flower, a pretty and dainty yellow bloom that is…

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Read more about the article Time To Vote!  Help Us Pick a Winner In Our Photo Contest

Time To Vote! Help Us Pick a Winner In Our Photo Contest

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UPDATE 27th March: Thank you to everyone that has voted, the competition is now closed.  View the winners here. - - - - - - - - - - -…

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Read more about the article Top Tips for Feeding Garden Birds on a Budget

Top Tips for Feeding Garden Birds on a Budget

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It's fair to say that the enjoyment and fun we all get watching our birds on our feeders and around the garden is priceless; but that doesn't mean we wouldn't…

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Guess the bird name

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Read more about the article Give us your top three bird-related movies

Give us your top three bird-related movies

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Welcome to the Bird Movie competition. The rules are simple: list your top three bird-related movie titles. It can reference a bird or contain a bird in the title. Simply write…

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Read more about the article Top of the birds – win a 25kg bag of sunflower heart chips

Top of the birds – win a 25kg bag of sunflower heart chips

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Welcome to the Top of the Birds competition. The rules are simple: list your top ten bird-related songs of all time, and the best playlist wins. It could be a…

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Read more about the article Royal competition time

Royal competition time

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Our lucky Queen gets to celebrate three days for her 90th birthday; so, we thought, why not celebrate with a competition. The prize is one of our brand new Globe…

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Cuan Wildlife Rescue

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Garden Wildlife Direct is always in support of any cause that promotes the welfare of British wildlife, so we are incredibly pleased to be partnering with Cuan Wildlife Rescue to…

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