Almost 2,500 reports of swooping birds have been lodged with Brisbane City Council in the past three years, but urban ecologist Darryl Jones says magpie attacks are still pretty rare. The professor ...

Magpie swooping season is upon us folks, which means trying to dodge those feisty beasts becomes a competitive sport. We know all the tips; don’t make eye contact, keep walking and don’t stop, wear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Specialized "PieProof" helmets that protect ears and faces have also become popular during swooping season. Media reports have ...

A 12-year-old West Australian schoolgirl has been left with a devastating eye injury after being swooped by a magpie on her way home from school – an accident that will now see her face up to 18 ...

LATROBE Valley residents are once again being urged to take care outdoors, with swooping season underway across the region. Magpies aren’t the only culprits. Plovers are also known to defend their ...

In a recent viral TikTok, a person gets out of their car and is confronted with an aggressive magpie. The bird continuously swoops and claws at the passerby as they try to get away, swatting their ...

Australian TikToker Sarah Jade Lagettie of NSW shares a real-life story of how she was attacked by a territorial magpie while out on an early morning walk. Striding briskly along the foreshore, I held ...

Just days into spring, magpie swooping season is well and truly in flight. It’s already become such an issue for one northwest Sydney suburb that its council was reportedly forced to shoot a ...

A dog enjoying a stroll through a Melbourne park was startled by a gang of swooping magpies - much to the amusement of his owner. Gabrielle Parsons, who captured this footage as she took Remi for a ...