Dead pigeon on driveway

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There's a very mangled dead pigeon on our driveway today. It looks like a fox probably tried to eat it and gave up. Our garden is completely paved otherwise we would have buried it. I don't want to put it in bags and in the bin because the collection isn't for another two weeks.

What should we do with it? There's a grassy verge and overgrown bushes opposite our house. It's public land and just by the pavement. Could we bury it there? Is that legal?

I would probably wrap it well and bin it but I appreciate you might not want to.
Get a shovel and move it into the undergrowth, something will eat it

Leave it, scavengers will deal with it (although you might have to sweep up the feathers they'll leave).

Bin bag with a generous scoop of salt

Worked when we had chickens and were on 3 weekly collection

Double carrier bags, then black bin bag and in the bin. I’ve done this a number of times sadly and it’s always been ok, no maggots.

Double bag and bin it, or put it in a hedgerow.

Just wheek it into the verge with the hedgerow where it'll be easier for scavengers to get at it. Use a spade or shovel.

Thank you everyone! I think I prefer it in the hedgerow but was worried it wasn't allowed. I was rationalising that the fox/whatever it was could have easily done the the deed on the opposite side of us and it would have just been dead there. We don't have a spade (as we have no soil) but will scoop it up with something else...

Nearest unloved hedgerow or bramble patch would be my thinking.
I pick them up by barehanded touching the cleanest feathers usually. No regrets yet.