This magpie reportedly attacked ears Four injuries were recorded from eight attacks. NSW - Old Windsor Road, Winston Hills, Sydney: Nineteen total attacks occurred in this area, resulting in four ...

Queensland – Royal Esplanade, Manly, Brisbane: The magpie here knocked a woman off her bike who needed medical assistance. She was one of six reported injuries caused by the bird this year.

Collingwood have lost defender Billy Frampton and utility Beau McCreery to injury, while in-form forward Charlie West will ...

While the majority of them are well behaved, about 10 per cent of magpies become “boisterous” and aggressive because they see humans as a threat, Birdlife Australia’s Dr Holly Parsons ...

While spring marks magpie swooping season, it turns out there are many different, not to mention disgusting, ways other Australian birds protect their young while they are in the nest.

One website, Magpie Alert, offers a magpie swooping map and a daily tally of swoops and injuries. This year to date, there have been 2,043 swoops recorded and 264 injuries.

According to the reports from swooping season 2023, Magpie Alert added up to 3030 swooping attacks around the country, and 394 injuries – which was actually down on 2022 stats.

This Is How Australian Magpies Are Like Something From A Horror Film. Swooping season gets a hard pass from me. By ... resulting in occassional injury and drawing blood, and, ...