Hi Lorna,
We moved here about 18 months ago. We decided to put lots of different bird feeders up and bought a bird table. Our first winter we had magpies, robins, collared doves, wood pigeons, blue tits, great tits, starlings, sparrows which we were made up with, especially our children.
But last summer and this winter we had the same vistors as above but even more species have paid us a visit, chaffinches, green finches, long tailed tits, 1 x greater spotted woodpecker, 1 x jay, dunnocks and a sparrowhawk eating a collared dove,which I was quite alarmed at but as my 5 year old said "thats how nature is"
So hang in there Lorna.
Donna :D