High up in their nests, they rule over their kingdom ... because they're defending their eggs." Besides, magpie attacks are a character-building rite of passage, she says.

46 in last year’s AFL Draft. A member of the South Australian Under-18 team last season, Wilson played alongside Joyce at the National Championships. He was also part of the Port Magpies Under-18s ...

Mr Hiemstra's research started in the courtyard of a hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, where an enormous magpie ... the building - all that remained was the trail of glue. One unfinished nest is ...

Between August and October, magpies are fiercely protecting their nests by swooping and pecking ... these stories do suggest ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Most Australians are no doubt attuned to the dreaded sound of flapping wings, a harbinger of doom ...

Fresh from making a tidy sum of money brokering and then selling her stake in Newcastle United, Amanda Staveley is rumoured to have her eye on another Premier League club in the form of Tottenham ...