A message of distress pings through on my phone from a friend. She’s been swooped by a magpie. Attacked. The message contains expletives. The accompanying photos show blood – small wounds near my friend’s ear and alarmingly close to her eye. She was riding her bike when the magpie swooped. She put her hands up to fight him off, he kept coming at her. Her finger was bloodied as she shielded her face. She pedalled away, head down.
I'm not game to cycle past my dear friend yet to find out if his chicks are out of the nest yet!