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

 0 4671
aggressive swoop, caused injury

Injuries

 0 561

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Recent Attack details for Australia

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
30 Springs Rd, Donnybrook VIC 3064

I was walking to the train station and the magpie swoop couple times.

Reported by Gaye

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
100 Kirby Rd, Bullsbrook WA 6084

I was in the middle of a scavenger hunt when one of the clues was in the field of the adventure park near a dirt path as I was going there I was swooped by a really aggressive magpie on a big tree near the field on a...

Reported by sulay azar

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
PHRW+3P Regand Park Trail, Dubbo NSW 2830

Swooped no contact

Reported by Warren

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
PHHV+RP Dubbo NSW

Swooped no contact

Reported by Warren

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
6 Goolara Ct, Ocean Shores NSW 2483

pn bike... almost daily for the last 2 months...

Reported by Paul

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
3 Goolara Ct, Ocean Shores NSW 2483

Attack on bike

Reported by Paul

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
735 Remembrance Driveway, Kenny ACT 2912

Multiple swoops quite close but no contact

Reported by Tony Henshaw

Magpie attack on Cyclist

agressive swoop, caused injury
19 Old Lilydale Rd, Ringwood East VIC 3135

Singular Mapie got me on my bike on my way to school, I fell off and sprained my wrist. Once I got off the bike it left me alone

Reported by Liam

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
59 Lawrence Dr, Nerang QLD 4211

Does not like cyclist. Body slammed me while walking but hasn't swooped every time I walk.

Reported by Rai

Magpie attack on E-Scooterist

standard swoop, no contact
71 Nudgee Rd, Hamilton QLD 4007

Clicking sound swooped on Wednesday so I crossed the road today still swooped. Followed me a couple meters

Reported by Day Dreams

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
5 Sirius Ky, Forster NSW 2428

First time being swooped by a magpie lol!

Reported by BSharp

Magpie attack on Walker

standard swoop, no contact
59 Serpentine St, Duffy ACT 2611

Multiple swoops while walking. Kept swooping as I walked around the block

Reported by Bob
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Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
113 Queens Rd, Hermit Park QLD 4812

The queen's Rd ruler strikes again

Reported by Martin

Magpie attack on Runner

standard swoop, no contact
4 Onkaparinga St, Lobethal SA 5241

I was walking past the footy clubrooms and got swooped for the 3rd time

Reported by Max

Magpie attack on Cyclist

agressive swoop, caused injury
34 Concorde Cres, Werribee VIC 3030

100m from the end on the Federation Trail. Vicious attack, both ears cut and bleeding.

Reported by Dave Simpson

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Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
Australia Ave, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

mild effort but persistent. could hear the dude and see their shadow, no hits but several half baked attempts to get me to move on for a few hundred meters on Australia Ave

Reported by Lizanne Wilmot

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
Newington Rd after Holker St, Silverwater NSW 2128

Not a Magpie but an aggressive Butcher bird. Lil' dude got me solidly on the glasses then cam back for a couple more solid whacks on the helmet.

Reported by Lizanne Wilmot

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
68 Hampton Cct, Yarralumla ACT 2600

While biking, three swoops

Reported by Kristjan

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
20 Albert Rd, Bunbury WA 6230

Swoop several cyclist

Reported by Joanne

Magpie attack on Cyclist

standard swoop, no contact
Stop 3 Greenhill Rd - North side, Adelaide SA 5000

Single swoop past my helmet. Lined up for another, but backed off when I looked at it.

Reported by Jarrod

Magpie attack on Runner

standard swoop, no contact
National Triangle - Queen Elizabeth Terrace Signboard, 25 Parkes Pl W, Parkes ACT 2600

Swoop monster swiped from low vantage point and reloaded twice

Reported by Nik
Magpies are protected throughout Australia, and it is against the law to kill the birds, collect their eggs, or harm their young. If you feel a magpie is a serious menace, it should be reported to your local council.

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