Striped Sunflower Seed 12.5KG

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Striped Sunflower Seed 12.5KG

Striped Sunflower Seeds are also know as stripers, due to the seeds striped outer shell, they are larger than black sunflower seeds and have a harder, thicker shell, making them more difficult for small wild birds to eat, but larger birds such as jays, woodpeckers and nuthatches have no problem breaking the striped shells to eat the delectable high energy nutmeat inside!

Due to the popularity of striped sunflower seeds as snacks for human consumption, the crops are screened so that the largest striped seeds are kept for us and the smaller sunflower seeds are used in wild bird food products! Striped sunflower seeds are nutritious and a good source of protein, dietary fibre, carbohydrates, fat and oil, but also linoleic acid an essential fatty acid, calcium, magnesium, zinc, vitamin E, b vitamins, potassium, selenium, iron, phosphorus and cholesterol lowering phytosterols, that are beneficial to both wild birds and people!

Striped sunflower seeds also very popular with squirrels, making them an inexpensive treat that will help you encourage them away from bird feeders, allowing small birds especially, to eat without interruption and competition from hungry squirrels. Feeding striped sunflower seeds, makes sense if you want to encourage as many wild birds into your garden as possible, as larger birds and squirrels will be attracted by the striped sunflowers, allowing smaller birds eat more freely from bird feeders!