Adorable moment a hot and bothered magpie is hosed down by an Aussie animal lover as millions battle through a blistering heatwave Footage shows magpie showered with cool water in Mildura, Victoria on Sunday Temperatures soared to 37C in Mildura as country suffered through heatwave Video shared to Reddit shows magpie being hosed down during extreme … Read more
Naomi Watts reveals the horrifying moment her magpie co-star pooped in her MOUTH on the very first day of filming on new movie Penguin Bloom By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:29 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 16 January 2021 Naomi Watts has revealed an amusing mishap she suffered on … Read more
The wrong kind of birdie! Cheeky magpie keeps knocking golfer’s ball off the tee as he tries to take his shot Charlie Smith, 30, is trying to line up his drive at Bromley Golf Centre in Kent The mischievous bird defiantly pecks at the ball and continually knocks it over Video has went viral on social … Read more
Get off my land! Plucky magpie tries to chase away bearded vulture but the massive bird just ignores it The bizarre encounter was recorded by an onlooker in Thorney, Cambridgeshire The two-year-old female vulture, called Vigo, was spotted feasting on a rabbit It was unfazed by the continued nuisance caused by its smaller feathered foe … Read more
Gotcha! Moment magpie swoops down and snatches spider off terrified driver’s car A video captures a magpie swooping in and snapping up a spider for lunch The arachnid had been hitching a lift on woman’s car for several miles Driver in Landsborough, Queensland, had been about to swipe it off the car By Clare Mccarthy For … Read more
‘Heroic’ magpie swoops down to rescue driver from a giant spider crawling over her car A video captures a magpie swooping in and snapping up a giant spider for lunch The eight-legged furry beast had been hitching a lift on a woman’s car for miles Footage was filmed in Queensland, Australia just as the magpie attacked … Read more
Featherhood Charlie Gilmour W&N £16.99 Rating: Like many children, Charlie Gilmour never had much success with goldfish and hamsters and mice. ‘No matter what you do, it seems like they always end up in the same place: a shoebox at the bottom of a shallow grave.’ Charlie with his pet magpie, Benzene. Benzene’s bad habits were … Read more
A bird-loving woman has struck up a remarkable friendship with dozens of magpies, including one who sits on her shoulder waiting for a kiss. Danielle, 39, greets the birds as they arrive in her Geelong garden each morning and says they all have their own personalities. The wildlife carer has created a social media community … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK Fatherhood by Charlie Gilmour (Weidenfeld £15.99, 288 pp) Featherhood, it would be tempting to say, is where Helen Macdonald’s H Is For Hawk meets Gerald Durrell’s My Family And Other Animals. But Charlie Gilmour’s memoir is so original and ingeniously wrought, it stands on its own as a book to which … Read more
Rat attack! Fearless rodent takes on magpie before the bird’s sharp-beaked friend chases it off The bizarre confrontation was filmed at Marble Arch, in central London The two species may have been protecting their young babies from each other But birdwatchers say magpies like to engage in play with animals such as rats Video was … Read more