If it’s swooping season in Australia, cyclists can sometimes find a whole other reason to have a helmet on: to stop pesky pecking magpies from doing some serious damage. That was the case for ...

A cyclist frantically trying to avoid a magpie has died after he accidentally rode his bike off a path and smashed into a nearby fence. Emergency services rushed to Nicholson Park in the Wollongong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's nesting season in Australia and people are on high alert for vicious swooping Australian magpies. The much-loved songbird is ...