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 ...

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LATROBE Valley residents are once again being urged to take care outdoors, with swooping season underway across the region. Magpies aren’t the only culprits. Plovers are also known to defend their ...

It’s just one day into spring but hundreds of Aussies have already reported swooping magpie attacks – with a terrifying amount of injuries also logged. And that ...

Being swooped by a magpie is practically a rite of passage during nesting season. But a new app aims to change that.

More than a dozen “vicious” magpie attacks have been reported in the Geelong region just days into swooping season, including one that reportedly left a Bellarine woman bloodied. In one reported ...