Often used as a ‘tonic’ for birds, oil rich niger seed is becoming increasingly popular and has helped reverse the fortunes of the once diminishing goldfinch.
Offering niger seed is the most effective way of attracting this most colourful of residents and it is also popular with other species such as greenfinch, siskins, dunnocks, and if you are lucky, even redpoll.
It is recommended for year round feeding with regular amounts for those wishing to retain their precious goldfinches, once supplies stop they will look somewhere else.
Being extremely fine, this seed would easily blow off a table and flow straight through a conventional seed feeder, so the recommended feeding method is with a special Niger Seed Feeder.
For over a century the Harrison’s name has been synonymous with the production of the highest quality animal feeds. Originally suppliers to the farming industry, Walter Harrison & Sons now concentrate on cleaning and blending finest quality ingredients to produce a wide range of bird seeds, pigeon corns and small animal feeds.
With generations of accumulated experience, Harrison’s nutritionists produce unique mixtures for either general or breed-specific use and are major suppliers to the UK pet trade.
