Field seeds – Swedish grown, affordable, and organic

Free shipping from 65kg. Field seeds are the cheapest bird food - our own wild bird mix.

The idea for Slåttergubben's bird food came from the realization that the grain cleaning residues from Swedish organic mills can be used as bird food. This residue is filled with various types of grain bits and seeds from the wild plants in the fields. Essentially, it's what many resident birds have sustained themselves on throughout time before we started feeding them with imported fatty seeds.

A must to attract the yellowhammer, which is perhaps the most important bird to feed from a bird protection perspective. Also, house sparrows, tree sparrows, pigeons, jackdaws, and magpies will readily consume field seeds if there isn't unlimited access to fattier seeds....

Pure Swedish Organic Grain Cleanings from Lunden Farm in Västergötland - most of the grain kernels are whole and come in several varieties: wheat, barley, oats, spelt, emmer, rye, einkorn, and Öland wheat. A few weed seeds are also present, but almost no cleavers seeds.

Yellowhammers only eat farm seeds! House sparrows, tree sparrows, and jackdaws are among those that happily eat farm seeds. But also chaffinches, bramblings, siskins, pheasants, partridges, and pigeons. Species like greenfinches, nuthatches, tits, goldfinches, hawfinches, and bullfinches only eat farm seeds when imported seeds like sunflower, peanuts, and hemp are not within reach!

Domestic birds: We have received reports that this is a very good and complete feed for Bobwhite quails (Virginia quails). Chickens and pheasants also love this mix.

Lunden Farm's farm seeds are organically grown in Sweden and cause transport emissions equivalent to 0.07 kWh/kilo (0.02kg CO2 eq./kilo) from the farm to our warehouse.
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Certified organic (KRAV-labeled).

Which birds eat the small field seeds?
Favored by tree sparrows, house sparrows, siskins, twite, bullfinches, chaffinches, bramblings, greenfinches, and tits. Most birds find these field seeds to be a nutritionally complete food source.
These seeds are especially interesting for those living in agricultural areas who can feed birds on the ground along a cleared path some distance from houses. Here are seeds that highly exclusive species like the horned lark, snow bunting, Lapland longspur, and rustic bunting likely prefer.
Or, if you are a birdwatcher who wants to provide additional feeding through ground feeding in places like a harbor, landfill, industrial area, or refuse center—areas with many overwintering plants that usually attract interesting winter visitors.

- BUT, as usual, with field seeds, they are likely to be deprioritized by most birds if you also provide rich peanuts, hemp seeds, and sunflower seeds nearby. (or if the neighbor offers them)

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This is the most interesting residue I have ever seen! The three things that make it so great are: 

1: It is basically completely free from dust and shell remnants. The density is high, meaning you are paying for seeds! 
2: A large portion of the seeds in this blend are hulled hemp seeds - the fattiest, most protein-rich you can get. They are small and easily eaten by birds with small beaks.
3: The weed seeds included are small and attractive, mostly fat hen, pennycress, and shepherd's purse. There are no seeds from cleavers or docks.

Favored by: I would say that almost all birds will like this! Those with small beaks, such as Dunnocks, Robins, and Blackcaps, have everything to gain! Of course, all finches, siskins, redpolls, linnets, goldfinches, tits, bullfinches, etc., will also enjoy it! 

I think it is an incredibly good food in northern Sweden in early spring when there are many Brambling and Chaffinch, and the slightly rarer Snow Bunting and Reed Bunting. 

Directly on the ground is the most exciting way to feed with field seeds. If there is snow, scatter the seeds on a shoveled or trampled area. In this way, you attract many birds. The yellowhammer only eats from the ground and completely avoids sunflower and hemp seeds. This is why the yellowhammer often does not appear as a guest at many feedings.

Read more about ground feeding and myths about hygiene here>

On a large shoveled area, many birds can gather - a great way to increase the number of guests. Birds flying overhead easily see this and are attracted down! It also provides good feeding economy as tree sparrows and house sparrows (which are big consumers for many) mostly stay on the ground and eat the cheaper seeds. Tree sparrows and house sparrows are satisfied with field seeds but will gladly take the expensive and fatty seeds if offered.

(Read more about ground feeding under the product Lantliv)

In bird feeders. Field seeds are excellent for all types of bird feeders. They can be mixed with other seeds. Many mix them with chopped sunflower seeds and hemp.