Great Spotted Woodpecker

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but love reading your comments. A few months ago a female Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen feeding from one of our bird feeders in our garden. We were over the moon at having seen her and delighted that she became a regular visitor. Then suddenly we stopped seeing her and then out of the blue, we saw a male woodpecker at our bird feeder. The female has not been seen since but the male has returned several times, at approximately the same time and that is late afternoons. For the past few weeks he too has not been seen. We put out their favourite food such as peanuts and dried fruit, but alas no sign of either woodpecker. Has anyone else experienced this. Many thanks Jeanette bird lover.