‘Killer’ magpie pecks at bike owner’s eye vicious assault – forcing him to bear miracle surgical procedure to revive his imaginative and prescient

A Melbourne bike owner who nearly misplaced an eye fixed after being swooped by a magpie is encouraging different riders to put on sun shades this season.

Sunbury man Christiaan Nyssen was using his bike at Yarrawonga close to the Victorian-NSW border in November 2021 when he was struck by a magpie.

He normally wears sun shades on his rides however not on this event.

‘I’ve been attacked numerous occasions and do not have a worry of the birds,’ he mentioned in an announcement on Monday.

‘This hen circled and went straight for the attention, did a backflip and hit me proper within the eye once more. A neighbour mentioned I used to be the fifth particular person to be attacked.’

Sunbury man Christiaan Nyssen was using his bike at Yarrawonga close to the Victorian-NSW border in November 2021 when he was struck by a magpie

Mr Nyssen underwent surgical procedure to restore the retina and take away all the lens of his eye

Mr Nyssen was left unable to see out of the attention from iris trauma with pupil dilation. 

After being suggested to attend just a few months, he sought a second opinion and underwent surgical procedure to restore the retina and take away all the lens at Epworth Freemasons.

Mr Nyssen described it as a one in one million assault however believes it will have been prevented by sun shades.

‘The magpie would not have had one thing to goal at,’ he mentioned.

A Melbourne bike owner (pictured) who nearly misplaced an eye fixed after being swooped by a magpie is encouraging different riders to put on sun shades this season

An aged bike owner died of head accidents in September 2022 when he veered from an off-road path in Wollongong after being startled by a swooping magpie

With swooping season in full swing, the rider was attacked by one other magpie final week, struggling a minor ear harm.

Breeding season runs from about August to October, with magpies defending their nesting younger six to eight weeks after hatching.

Different swooping prevention ways embrace altering route, strolling as a substitute of working away, carrying sun shades on the again of your head or a hat with a pair of eyes drawn on the again.

An aged bike owner died of head accidents in September 2022 when he veered from an off-road path in Wollongong after being startled by a swooping magpie.