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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Tory Shepherd

Australia’s magpie swooping season returns with a vengeance – and cyclists are their main targets

Swooping magpie
The magpie swooping season lasts about six weeks in the spring. Photograph: GPLama/Shutterstock

If you’re a cyclist, you’re not imagining it – the magpies really are after you.

Statistics for the Australian magpies’ 2025 breeding season show almost two in three swooping attacks are on cyclists. And the best thing to do?

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