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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We all heard the warning: Spring time means magpie swooping season. While most of us try and avoid any interaction with a magpie or experiment with different methods to deter the birds, this postman ...