Magpie attacks aren’t as common as you (and the media) might think. But here are a few tricks to get you through swooping season unscathed - and a few classic tactics that don’t work.

"I have asthma and I would be sprinting, having an asthma attack on the train, just to get away from this magpie. Australians are well accustomed to swooping birds - there are plovers, noisy ...

Oddly, I’d never seen magpies in this area ... Right now, I want to avoid exercising outdoors or anywhere near where the attack happened. For the moment, I’m using the treadmill in my home.

Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary say magpies are targeting their elderly animals Elderly donkeys at a sanctuary are being attacked and "picked on" by "flesh-eating" magpies, in what is becoming a ...

Collingwood forward Brody Mihocek will combine with recruit Tim Membrey and Dan McStay in the Magpies' attack this season.

A magpie-lark swooped down from the sky, its beak piercing her right eye. Jan Wright had emergency surgery on her eye in September following a bird attack in Melbourne. Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui ...

Sean Longstaff, Joe Willock and Lewis Miley provide midfield reinforcements, with Miguel Almirón and Will Osula ready to be deployed to bolster the Magpies' attack if required. Odysseas ...

2021 FIXTURE Blues, Magpies return to kick off new-look season For the first time since the competition's beginnings, Collingwood's forward line will not feature Sarah D'Arcy, and her move to Richmond ...