Dulwich neighbourhood living in fear of violent crow attacks - with bald men the main target

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Neighbourhood plagued by violent crow attacks leaving locals living in fear - Mirror Online

Sounds terrifying poor men without hair!

It gets worse for bald men.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40185359

I wouldn’t like to be attacked by a crow. Already terrified of magpies in Australia.

Crows and magpies can pass down information through generations about people who are mean to them. So presumably some bald guy did something cruel and word got out. And I guess all bald men look the same from above!

Something has happened to upset them. Wouldn't know how to assuage them however...

If I was a bald guy I'd probably wear a hard hat, ouch

Ooh. Used to live in Dulwich. Not the posh bit though! Plus I am not bald and not a man!!!

Never happen in Upper Norwood.

They obviously know something we don't. People need to be kind to all animals.

We had a baby crow in our garden that didn’t get off the ground for a couple of days and it was calling to its parents who seemed to stay near. They were obviously comforting it and encouraging it to fly. We were concerned about a cat or fox attacking it so we were periodically checking it was OK, but if we got too close, the parents would swoop down near our heads as a clear warning. I never felt in any danger, although perhaps I should have done after reading this article. Luckily it managed to fly eventually.

Bloody hell how do you know that??

Weird! I'm reading a book about witches and they all have crows as their familiars. So that's basically a witch getting her revenge on all the people who wronged her...

Its peacocks attacking cars around here. A better class of bird in Yorkshire than Dulwich...

Australian magpies do this, and yes, they know who you are and don't go after people they know. Same with noisy miners.

I used to live in Dulwich...how times have changed.

Corvids are incredible birds, highly intelligent species. Never ever piss one off or you will live a lifetime of regret.

Because the crows and magpies told them - how else would wallywobbles know . She is obviously in with the crowd / crows

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2202113/Feathered-gossips-Crows-pass-information-groups-friends.html

Crows love a bit of gossip.

Ouch 😬
I live near Dulwich.
Maybe the crows are annoyed at the LTNs and lack of phone reception.
There's frequently a 3 way war going on between the rooks, parakeets and magpies round my way.
The rooks usually win.......

It's probably the shine from their heads. I got attacked by a carrion bird of some type when I walked down a lane they were nesting in the trees on to the village we lived in. I had a shiny hair clip which is what they were trying to get. It was very scary.

How very Greek. That's how Aeschylus died!

In 458 BC, Aeschylus returned to Sicily for the last time, visiting the city of Gela, where he died in 456 or 455 BC. Valerius Maximus wrote that he was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him

Does anyone else remember a fairly lengthy thread about a lady, and a dog who had had a run in with some crows, who was so scared she had persuaded her neighbour to walk the dog with her?

I don't think she ever returned to the thread!

Just saying.......

@Madcats are you saying the crows ate her 🤔

You are safe from a visit from Chris Grayling then, that will keep him away.

Why don't they just put a hat on?

I bet it weren't £6 a pint in the DHFC clubhouse when you lived there either!

How interesting! I live very nearby and had no idea it was a problem. The council have very helpfully made it a "private school children only allowed" street for several hours a day due to Alleyns and Jags. Perhaps the crows want the plebs to be allowed back?

I know someone who lives round there who is a right knob, so this has unreasonably cheered me up (apologies to pleasant Dulwich dwellers).