It might feel like every magpie is a potential threat, but Dr Meg Edwards, a lecturer in wildlife science at the University ...

Magpies only swoop within about 100 metres of their nest, with Mr Dooley advising people to move “quickly and calmly out of ...

Swooping magpies protecting their nests are a spring hazard in Canberra, Thursday, Aug 31, 2006. They are a protected species ...

The start of spring coincides with magpie's nesting season which is when you are most likely to be dive bombed by the birds.

Male magpies typically swoop for about six weeks over September and October, when they have young in the nest or just after the young have flown the nest. This is when the chicks are most ...

Most Australians are no doubt attuned to the dreaded sound of flapping wings, a harbinger of doom before a nasty peck to the head (or face) while unwittingly walking by a magpie nest. There have ...