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A bride claims she has been left too scared to go outside after being attacked by an 'evil' Magpie that left her needing hospital treatment on the day before her honeymoon.

Amanda Doyle, 36, was one of many victims of the vicious bird that has been terrorising her home town in Scotland.

The mother-of-two claims she was just picking up her son, Ronan, 3, from nursery today when the bird swooped down and 'grabbed her head like a hat' and began pecking at her scalp.

Thankfully, her child was unharmed in the incident, but the mum had to be saved by a stranger who stepped in to help swat the bird away.

The traumatised Mrs Doyle, from Bellshill, Glasgow, fears she may be left with an infection and has had the start of her honeymoon in Cyprus well and truly ruined.

Mrs Doyle said: "It looked so evil, the fear was so bad I couldn't move. I am scared to go outside if I'm honest. It held on to my head like a hat and pecked like mad.

"It bounced off my back, then my face around 10 times, then it grabbed my head before flying away. It came back and circled my son, then came for me again.

"A man hit it but then it came back and got in my head really bad. I am scared it will remember me, I'm going on my honeymoon tomorrow to Cyprus but I am so sore and upset."

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Mrs Doyle, from North Lanarkshire, went to Hairmyres Hospital for treatment but thankfully, the injuries to her scalp weren't serious.

But now the mum has issued a warning to others, urging them to stay away from the area or be on alert if they are nearby.

Several others came forward claiming also to be victims of the vicious bird as one person said: "Really hope you are ok! That's so scary.

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"I was trapped in my car last week as one chased me, it kept pecking the window and windscreen, this is very worrying knowing they are attacking."

A second person added: "Me and my boy were attacked last week and this morning."

A third person replied: "Tried to attack my daughter last week too."

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