Specialized "PieProof" helmets that protect ears and faces have also become popular during swooping season. Media reports have cited injuries, event cancellations due to swooping-risks and accidents ...

A 12-year-old West Australian schoolgirl has been left with a devastating eye injury after being swooped by a magpie on her way home from school – an accident that will now see her face up to 18 ...

Georgia Evans said a magpie swooped her four-year-old son multiple times, cutting the skin on his neck and around his eye. "It started at the drink taps at the dog park and went up until the main ...