These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...

which means the return of vicious swooping attacks from the Australian magpie. The melodious songbirds, which are much-loved the rest of the year, are loathed around nesting season, when they go ...

What attracts magpies to swoop? Australian magpies are territorial and will defend the area around their nests from anything (or anyone) they perceive as a threat. According to the Australian ...

An Australian man has died in a bicycle crash while trying to escape from a swooping magpie. The 76-year-old cyclist suffered head injuries on Sunday when he veered off a path and crashed into a ...

Concerns are being raised over the potential use of two banned pesticides in the poisoning of about 30 magpies. The native Australian birds were taken to a Cootamundra vet in September in ...