We have a family of four Magpies and I hate each n every one of the bloody things. Apart from their viciousness and destruction of other birds, they have ripped up a lot of my garden. We bought all new turf last June and I spent a good few days preparing the ground and laying the new grass. Those bloody birds have it all ripped up again, they just wait untill us and/or the dog go inside and they swoop in.