New bird feeder

I can only speak from my own experience when I first got into feeding the birds, it took around a month before I was getting birds coming regularly. I also bought a bird bath that they used for drinking And bathing. I am sure you will get them coming to your feeders in time, good luck.

Hi Luke, welcome to the community. Personally I would have the feeding station closer to the fence than the patio door..yes I know you wanna be able to see the birds but you gotta think of them and what's preferable to them....the fence would give them a place to perch to check out your feeding station and possible dangers. Many a bird has stunned itself on a patio door or window when sun is shining as it can often see the sky in them...hence why not to put any feeders close to them.
A bird bath us a good idea like ILR suggested.
Also on cleaning..when the birds become regular visitors the feeders have to be cleaned on a more regular basis not just to get rid of mouldy food after rain as it helps stop the spread of any infection..usually every 2 wks or so is a good idea.

As for when the birds will turn up...its just a waiting game now lol but please keep us updated ;-)

Thank you for your advice both, I’ve moved the feeder away from the patio doors and closer towards the fencing.

Hopefully we will get some visitors soon :)

The new positioning 

Hopefully it doesn’t look to daft, much closer to the fence now

Only my opinion but personally I would still have it much further away from the house...right down closer to the back fence but as I say only my opinion;-)

Thanks Linda, I will give that a go.

No bother..Once upon a time 25years ago I also had an empty garden like yours...just a bigger version but through time have finally made it wildlife friendly

Ano am a pain lol...but a would bring it in slightly so there is about 6ft of so between feeder and fence just incase a cat were to be sitting other side of fence but it's all about trial and error and a whole lot of patience lol