Officials from Queensland's Environment Department removed the male magpie from the Gold Coast home of Juliette Wells and Reese Mortenson on March 1, saying the wild bird was being kept unlawfully.

Guy Maskall, a 71-year-old retired engineer who lives in Hertfordshire with his family, captured the footage. In the clip, ...

Male magpies typically swoop for about six weeks, over September and October, when they have young in the nest or just after the young have flown the nest, this is when the chicks are most ...

Most male magpies were very good at guarding their mate's nest, but if they were not then the female bird would dismiss them and make them leave, she said. "But it's only the male and only for ...