A magpie known as Molly, famous for his friendship with dogs Peggy and Ruby, may be separated from them again following a court ruling. The Supreme Court has revoked a special license allowing Molly to remain with his rescuers, Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, just months after it was granted. Molly’s story began in 2020 […]
Tag: Magpie
Why don’t Tasmanian magpies swoop people? It’s not black and white
In Tasmania, no one has to wear an ice-cream container with eyes on their head when magpies are breeding. That’s because the magpies there don’t swoop – and no one knows why. Magpie Alert, a website that tracks and maps swoops and any resultant injuries, shows 3,271 reported swoopings and 426 injuries around Australia so […]
Legal Battle Over Molly the Magpie Sparks Debate on Wildlife Protection
The ongoing saga of Molly the Magpie has taken a significant turn as a prominent legal team prepares to challenge the bird’s return to a Gold Coast couple in Australia’s Supreme Court. The case raises concerns about the country’s approach to wildlife protection, with parallels drawn to the United States, where wild animals like big […]
Molly the Magpie Returns Home with Restrictions
Molly the magpie, the bird sensation on Instagram, has finally been reunited with her carers on the Gold Coast. However, there’s a catch: her caregivers are no longer permitted to profit from her 837,000-strong following on the social media platform.  Source: The Project/YouTube Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, Molly’s dedicated caretakers since her fall […]
Aussies get in a flap as Instagram-famous magpie Molly – who was rescued as a chick and raised for years by a family alongside their Staffie Peggy – is SEIZED by authorities on welfare grounds: 100,000 sign petition calling for bird’s freedom
Australian authorities have ordered the seizure of a magpie after the famous internet bird formed an adorable friendship with a Staffordshire bull terrier. Molly the magpie was found as a lonely chick in a park four years ago by Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, of Queensland, before they brought the bird home to look after […]
Harriers and Shorties!
My day started in gloomy weather at Wallasea this morning where four Marsh Harriers and a single Ring-tail Hen Harrier entertained me. With the Shorties staying down I headed off in search of a bit more light and found some in Cambridgeshire and the Short-eared Owls came out to play at this venue too. A […]
Kråkfåglar
På en åtel så kommer det mycket kråkfåglar och då är korpen den viktigaste detta för att den är naturligt väldigt skygg och vågar den sig fram så känner sig kungsörnen lite tryggare och kommer fram den också. Här ett gäng som ser ut att göra en gemensam plan för att överlista andra för att […]
Migration across to Europe
It’s quite a long photo post this week and please scroll down and enjoy the views we’ve been having. I’ve been quite busy and wanted to write up more but I was out in the field most days and had lots of emails and other office work to do. Black-eared Wheatears continued to show up […]