Do you love them or loath them and what superstitions have you heard surrounding them?

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I don't like them. Songbirds have definitely suffered with the population explosion of magpies. They used to attack my dog when he had lost his sight. I made sure he got his own back but I won't go into that.

We seem to have a gang war between the crows and the magpies in our garden. It can be quite amusing to watch at times.