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Security footage has captured the moment a man out for some fresh air was repeatedly swooped by an aggressive magpie in a park.
The man was hiking through Thornleigh Gully at Mount Annan in Sydney's outer south west about 1pm on Tuesday when the bird launched the series of aerial attacks.
Video of the incident shows the man running across a patch of grass as the magpie repeatedly swoops him - before he circles back to retrieve a dropped item only to be bombarded by the bird again.
The man dressed in exercise gear was out walking in Mount Annan, Sydney when he was swooped by the magpie (pictured)
The exasperated hiker then throws his hands in the air and appears to yell a few choice words at the beaked bully before walking away.
The next day a tale of a magpie encounter was posted to the Magpie Alert website for the same park in Mount Annan.
'I was quietly walking by myself in the middle of the day along a path I use multiple times a day when I was swooped,' a man named Brian wrote.
'I dropped to the ground, cutting open my knee.'
'Having waited for a bit I got to my feet to walk away and the magpie swooped
