Bird Food for Nuthatches
Nuthatches are beloved among birdwatches and nature enthusiasts for their interesting behaviour and charming appearance. Sometimes called the 'upside down bird', nuthatches are known to use their extremely strong toes to help them climb down tree trunks head first!
Characterised by their distinct calls and acrobatic skills, nuthatches can vary in colour, with some birds appearing blue-grey or grey-brown in the body with a contrasting white underside.
Nuthatches eat a wide variety of foods, including insects, snails, spiders, nuts, seeds and small fruits.
Browse our selection of nuthatch food below and watch these delightful birds flock to your feeders!
Nuthatch Food
Berry Suet Pellets 
Black Sunflower Seeds 
Sunflower Heart Chips 
Premium Sunflower Hearts for Birds 
Peanut Granules 
Premium Peanuts 
Live Mini Mealworms 
Insect Suet Pellets Add a Feeder
Black Steel Sunflower Heart Feeder 
Gardman Black Steel Suet Treat & Mealworm Feeder 
Peckish All Weather Sunflower Heart Feeder 
Harrisons Cast Peanut & Suet Feeder 
Ring Pull* Plastic Peanut Feeders 
Nuttery Original Peanut Feeder 
Nuttery Helix Seed Feeder 
Squirrel Buster™ Peanut Feeder What Do Nuthatches Eat?
Nuthatches love to eat insects! Brown-headed nuthatches will use bark to pry up other pieces of bark on a tree, to access the insects beneath. That's why so much of the nuthatch food in our selection is made of suet. You'll find that most nuthatches will quite hapilly eat suet pellets, or even live mealworms.
It's easier than you might think it is to put out mealworms for birds like nuthatches. Simply drop them on a bird feeding tray and wait for the local wildlife to take an intrest.
If you'd rather use seeds, that's fine too, as nuthatches aren't particularly fussy eaters. In winter, nuthatches will eat both nuts and seeds. We'd reccomend black sunflower seeds, which are a favourite food for nuthatches.
Peanuts are also a great choice. The premium peanuts in our above selection of nuthatch food are enjoyed by many different birds, making them a great choice if you want some variety at your bird feeder.
Nuthatches FAQ
- What do nuthatches look like?
Nuthatches are small birds, and most of them have a blue-grey or grey-brown body.
There are many different species of nuthatches and they can vary in colour and appearance. However, it's quite easy to tell which is which, as many varieties of nuthatch are named after their appearance. For example, the red-breasted nuthatch has a red breast like a robin, and the brown-headed nuthatch has a brown head.
Some species also have distinctive markings. Black eye stripes (like the mask of a racoon) are quite common on nuthatches, particulalry on red-breasted nuthatches.
Now that you know what nuthatches look like, have a look for them on your bird feeder!
- Where do nuthatches live?
