Second toddler attacked by magpie in Perth

A toddler has had his eyeball and face scratched by an aggressive magpie at the same park where another young boy almost lost his eye in a bird attack.

Three-year-old Bodee White was swooped by a magpie about 10.30am on Sunday at Whiteman Park in Perth.

Bodee was looking at ducks in the same area of the park where one-year-old Jacob Gale was attacked, also on Sunday.

Bodee’s eye and face was seriously scratched in the attack (injuries pictured) 

While Bodee’s vision was not affected, he will need to apply cream to his eye for the next week to prevent further infection

Bodee’s mother Rebecca White (left) said she was terrified for her son (right) 

Jacob suffered a serious puncture to his eye when he was swooped by a magpie.

Bodee’s mother Rebecca White said she was terrified for her son.

‘All of a sudden it flew his face and scratched his face and scratched his eye and he obviously got very distressed and started screaming,’ she told PerthNow.

‘That’s when the magpies came back a second time and my mum managed to swat it away with her bag. It was more of a flapping motion towards his face.’

The toddler was rushed to hospital. While Bodee’s vision was not affected, he will need to apply cream to his eye for the next week to prevent further infection.

Wildlife biologist Bill Bateman told the publication magpies were aggressive at this time of year because they were breeding.

‘It is usually the males that get aggressive when there are eggs and their young in the nest,’ Dr Bateman said. 

Jacob (pictured) suffered a serious puncture to his eye when he was swooped by a magpie

Three-year-old Bodee White was swooped by a magpie about 10.30am on Sunday at Whiteman Park in Perth (pictured) 

Wildlife biologist Bill Bateman told the publication magpies were aggressive at this time of year because they were breeding (stock image)