Danger, Danger, Magpies About

Two Magpies were hopping around in the Copper Beech and next doors Rowan tree. I rushed out the back door, clapping my hands and shouting at them, which they didn't like very much so they flew away onto a nearby rooftop.
Meanwhile the Blackbirds were in and out feeding the chicks and the female settled down on the nest to protect them against the Magpies and the lunatic running around the garden shouting and clapping his hands.