IF you like walking or riding your bike and keeping your eyes and scalp intact, we’ve got some bad news for you. “Public service announcement — Magpie swooping season has started!” they tweeted, ...

Specialized "PieProof" helmets that protect ears and faces have also become popular during swooping season. Media reports have cited injuries, event cancellations due to swooping-risks and accidents ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If it’s swooping season in Australia, cyclists can sometimes find a whole other reason to have a helmet on: to stop pesky pecking magpies from doing some serious damage. That was the case for ...

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 ...

Despite being tipped to win the Guardian Australia and Birdlife Australia competition, the ibis was pipped to the post by the swooping magpie which was named the winner at 7.45am today on ABC news ...

In my family, we’re a little superstitious. Though we might say that it’s just something among the older generations, and the rest of us are a little more logical, in reality, none of us would walk ...