Magpie breeding season typically runs from July through to November, with September usually the peak for having young in nests. The birds swoop to protect their chicks and wildlife experts ...

Speaking to FEMAIL, a spokesperson suggested avoiding 'known' magpie breeding areas, wearing a hat or using an umbrella. They also warned against making eye contact with the birds as it can ...

Spring is in the air and with it comes swooping season for the infamous magpie birds. These iconic black and white birds, native to Australia, are generally charming songbirds, but during breeding ...

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Another joked that the likelihood of bird attacks meant this month should be renamed “Swooptember”. Magpies are very territorial and the male birds are known to swoop people during their ...

With swooping season under way, an expert has revealed how to avoid a magpie’s “genuinely terrifying” attacks. There have been more than 980 magpie attacks reported to Magpie Alert in 2024 ...

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 ...

Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies ... Some birds show quite astonishing powers of recall. The Clarke’s nutcracker, a type of North American ...

Most Australians are no doubt familiar with the dreaded sound of flapping wings right before a nasty peck to the head while unknowingly walking by a magpie nest. There have been more than 980 ...

Picture: Supplied Now that ‘swooping season’ is well underway, Bird Life Australia national public affairs manager Sean Dooley gave some insight into how to protect from magpie attacks.

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. Professor ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Animals. Followed categories will be added to My News. Most Australians are no doubt familiar with the dreaded sound of flapping wings right before a nasty ...