Many, on meeting the bird, raise their cap to it or even salute it to avoid bad luck. Seeing a lone magpie before going out ...

A West Lothian man has captured an image of a rare bird after it escaped its enclosure at a local zoo. The red-billed blue magpie escaped from Five Sisters Zoo around two weeks ago. Locals had ...

In good light, black on wings and tail shine with iridescent green, blue ... but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch.

These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...