It’s not COVID, it’s not heat, it’s not end-of-season fatigue - swooping magpies are the biggest threat to pro cyclists taking part in the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong. “Angry Birds” is ...

Wildlife experts share magpie 'swooping avoidance strategies' Magpies will start by 'carolling' and clapping their beak before swooping READ MORE: More than a dozen magpies confront a bike rider as ...

Magpies are notoriously territorial during breeding season, which runs from late August through mid-October Magpie season in Australia has taken a fatal turn. A man has died after a magpie, which is a ...

If you live in Australia or New Zealand, the coming of spring is a mixed blessing. The days get warmer. Flowers bloom. Birds nest. It's this last change which can be a problem. Nesting makes male ...

Statistics for the 2025 breeding season show almost two in three attacks are on cyclists. But there are measures to avoid their wrath Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ...

TRARALGON has been named one of Victoria’s magpie swooping hotspots this spring on the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Magpie Map. According to the map, some of the areas which have ...

As nesting season begins Latrobe Valley cyclists and pedestrians are being warned to be on the look out for swooping birds. Traralgon and Morwell Pedallers member Michelle Colwell was recently ...

Officials in Keene have posted warning signs along on a popular trail after hikers reported an owl swooping at them.The signs were posted along the Cheshire Trail. Runner John Majonen said he runs ...