Birds, bird houses, identifying birds and art at Intu shopping Mall, Watford

This is my favourite, showing birds you can identify by silhouettes.

Picture of the artist and explanation of how the playing cards are inspired by sets for identifying planes in WWII.

Carrion crow.

Stonechat will be new to many people. The blue tit is better known. Whilst the playing cards don't show colours, they do teach you to look at the shape.

All over Intu shopping centre are these cute bird houses. You can buy smaller wood or wood effect ones for your garden at the RSPB stand in Intu or from their website and from the outdoor garden areas outside supermarkets such as Waitrose.

Bird boxes and insect boxes and bee houses in garden centres such as Waitrose.

Watford Junction station, very nearby, is on the Euston to Watford overground railway line.The shopping mall is bright and airy. Children might like the little train which tootles around. If you are willing to splash the cash they can take a ride on it.

In the mall you will find several of these bird houses. I looked inside. Disappointingly most of them have nothing to see inside. I looked in one and saw the reflection of my face framed by the circular window.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, speaker and author.