Australia's Magpie Swooping Map 2025!

Australia's social website to track aggressive swooping magpies in your area. If you are a cyclist, walker, runner or maybe a concerned member of the public then help protect others and share swooping magpie attacks on-line here!

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Reported activity: standard swoop, active in the last weekaggressive swoop, active within the last 4 weeks < 4 weeks - standard swoop, last reported active 4-8 weeks agoaggressive swoop, last reported active 4-8 weeks ago 4-8 weeks - standard swoop, last reported active over 8 weeks agoaggressive swoop, last reported active over 8 weeks ago 8+ weeks Active(wks):standard swoop, active in the last weekaggressive swoop, active within the last 4 weeks < 4-standard swoop, last reported active 4-8 weeks agoaggressive swoop, last reported active 4-8 weeks ago 4-8-standard swoop, last reported active over 8 weeks agoaggressive swoop, last reported active over 8 weeks ago 8+

Latest Stats

Today This Year
standard swoop, no contact

Swoops

4 4686
aggressive swoop, caused injury

Injuries

1 564

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Recent Attack details for Australia

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
9 Inverell Pkwy, Tarneit VIC 3029

Almost daily. I see people getting swooped outside my home for the past week and a half. There is a magpie and its baby in the tree on the nature strip. Luckily it's not getting me I guess because...

Reported by Jay B

Magpie attack on Runner

agressive swoop, caused injury
30 Clarke St, West Footscray VIC 3012

stabbed in head drew blood

Reported by Stu

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
Burns Beach Foreshore Park, Ocean Parade, Burns Beach WA 6028

Attaching multiple people walking

Reported by Hayden Andrews

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
3 Dashwood Ct, Kirwan QLD 4817

Rogue bird, silent approach no clacking just a thump on the helmet. Repeatedly swooped for about 400 metres. Surely he must know it’s mid-November!

Reported by Plums

Magpie attack on Walker

agressive swoop, caused injury
144 Main St, Lilydale VIC 3140

was simply waiting to walk across the road, until a magpie suddenly swooped me. kept swooping me while i was walking across the road - head is bleeding.

Reported by Lachlan Millsteed

Magpie attack on E-Scooterist

agressive swoop, caused injury
10 James St, North Beach WA 6020

Was on electric scooter then heard a faint swoosh then pecked me right on my head and it cut my head ????

Reported by Chloe

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
444 Mount Pleasant Rd, Eltham VIC 3095

3 swoops, no contact. Old mate gives up as you reach the top of the climb

Reported by Patrick Gordon

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
27 Nicholson Cres, Turner ACT 2612

Swooped by a damn currawong! He came extremely close to my head and clacked his beak, then sat on a branch and watched me as I walked away. Very unusual to be swooped by a curra, this would be...

Reported by Homeslice

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
28 Tamboritha Bvd, Weir Views VIC 3338

Swooped 3 times while walking in the park. I was swooped about a month ago at the same park on 2 consecutive days, it was closer to the Oldbridge Blvrd end. Quite agressive magpie - swooped me 5-6...

Reported by Helen

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
151 State Route 34, St Lucia QLD 4067

Same bird as yesterday.. watched a walker from my street on Bryce street get atracked. This walker ran and screamed (hope theyre ok). I decided to catch the bus in the other direction...

Reported by Tame

Magpie attack on Walker

agressive swoop, caused injury
19 Compass Dr, Biggera Waters QLD 4216

Attacked by magpie leaving Etesian building

Reported by Cristina

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
1/136 Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest NSW 2065

I was minding my own business listening to Dua Lipa and this prick of a bird came down and swooped. I swear this was the same c*nt eyeing me off near the basketball courts. Followed me down Albany...

Reported by Ryen Partin

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Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
Erindale Business Park, 2 Lansell Cct, Wanniassa ACT 2903

Swooped twice. Beak snap only.

Reported by Brad S

Magpie attack on Walker

agressive swoop, caused injury
35 Conservation Dr, Urraween QLD 4655

Swooped while walking

Reported by Grace

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
20A Glasgow Ave, Reservoir VIC 3073

Multiple people swooped while walking past

Reported by Anthony

Magpie attack on Pram Pusher

standard swoop, no contact
110 Railway Cres, Jannali NSW 2226

Swooped 5 times walking down Railway Crescent between Buller St and White Street while pushing pram. Was also swooped here a couple of weeks ago when pushing pram

Reported by Magpiepanic

Magpie attack on Walker

agressive swoop, caused injury
31 Glenrosa Rd, Red Hill QLD 4059

Grey Butcherbird injured my left ear while walking alone - similar injury happened in same spot two years ago.

Reported by Stewkrug

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
155 Sir Fred Schonell Dr, St Lucia QLD 4067

Swooped on 6 times by the same bird. As i cleared to cross the intersection.. Another walker across the road became its target.

Reported by Tame

Magpie attack on Scooterist

standard swoop, no contact
136 Warwick Rd, Churchill QLD 4305

This magpie has been swooping for weeks at my daughter as she walks and/scoots to and from school. (I only discovered this website, trying to look where to report and get some warning signs for...

Reported by Kerri

Magpie attack on Walker

agressive swoop, caused injury
Richmond, Richmond VIC 3121

Stepped off the train, magpie swooped hard into the side of my face with no screeches/other warning behaviour. Didn’t follow me or swoop again. Had to get tetanus shot and treatment for...

Reported by Jess

Magpie attack on Cyclist

agressive swoop, caused injury
1 Alister St, Brunswick East VIC 3057

Not a magpie maybe a butcher bird, came in at side of face and drew blood on my cheek

Reported by Thomas Grocott
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