Dead bird in garden

[IcyIgloo]

There’s a dead bird in my v small back garden. Poor thing probably got caught by a cat or fox. Any advice on the best way to dispose of it? I haven’t had a garden for very long so never had to deal with anything like this!

Brown bin.

Pick it up in a carrier bag tie it up and put it into the bin.

Bury it.

Chuck it over your fence into your neighbours garden. Job done

Over the neighbours fence.

Probably not the best ide but I'd leave it for a few days and hope it would be taken by a fox or something. I might bury it. I wouldn't want it in my bin. Not keen on birds.

Bin it. Inside out carrier bag. Store in garage or back garden till bin day. Add to black bin

Six inch deep hole so the cats won’t dig it up, flip it in with a spade, bury it. No fuss. If you have a thick bush you could just chuck it under there out of sight. A fox will sort it for you.

We had this a few years ago - it was a pigeon - we dug a hole and buried it.

We had this. I left it for something to eat it as it was already dead. Also, bird flu is still doing the rounds so I didn’t really want to touch it tbh.

Are you in a bird flu area? Might be worth reporting it if you are

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-dead-wild-birds

bird flu is rife

don't let your dog or cat near it and don't touch it with bare hands.
pick it up with a bin bag like you would do with dog poo.
and check council website what to do with it.

As someone who lives in the countryside and has cats, I unfortunately come across many dead animals (not all cat related kills I should add). Everything from small snakes, to moles, birds, hedgehogs, rats, mice and voles.
I dig a small hole in the garden and bury them, as they will decompose back into the earth one way or another, so it's seems an appropriate place... I understand if you've never had to do it before you might be a bit squeamish.
Yesterday I had to bury my poor 10 year old chicken; my kids were toddlers when I first had her, now they're teenagers.

When I've found a dead bird in my garden - generally fledglings that have died flying into my front window- I have put them in the longish grass of the embankment of waste ground opposite me.
I know it seems heartless but the poor thing's death will probably benefit some other living creature by providing a food source.

Why would you throw it in the neighbours garden?

Our local council says birds go in with general waste. But bag it first. Honestly I’d probably just put it under a hedge and let a fox have it.

Cos you're being a cunt?

Out it in your food recycling bin if you have one, or leave for the foxes overnight

Bag it and bin it, I had a to despatch a pigeon last week that a red kite dropped into the garden. We're rural enough that a fox will take it from the orchard but otherwise it would go in the black bin.

I've occasionally found remains of a dead pigeon and once a dead young crow in the back garden. Presumably the prey of a sparrow hawk or fox or local cats .But usually there is little more than feathers left to dispose of from these.
Sounds a wonderful location that you live in if you have red kites. And having an orchard sounds brilliant - I've only got 2 apple trees and a cherry tree!

Thanks all. Bins are being collected in a few days so might leave it out and hope a fox/cat takes it, and bag and bin it the night before bins are taken if it’s still there.

Sorry about your chicken, 10 years seems a good age for her and sounds like you gave her a lovely life x

Personally I’d leave it as a magpie will probably take it before long. I wouldn’t put it in the bin unless you want loads of maggots in there - I say this from experience!