What do you think

Can you look at the feathers? If it's a fox the ends are snapped (bitten) off, but a bird of prey leaves the ends of the feathers looking as though they've been plucked - with the sharp point visible.
Handy tip from one of the forest rangers in the forest near me...

I have slightly different problem but it concerns birds.
Every evening the Rooks ( I think - large black birds) are screaming loudly and dive bombing a young fox that is walking in the garden. He takes the same path every evening (silly fellow) and the two Rooks dive bomb him. A first I wondered if he had eaten their young, but really don't know. Last night he just sat down bewildered looking up and I clapped my hands to get rid of the Rooks but of course he ran off too so I didn't help. I would be horrified it they starting pecking him. Any suggestions out there?

Sounds like a fox. A family of foxes use our garden as a playground - and slaughterhouse- at night. Found last week: 1 squirrel (skin only); 2 pigeons, just the wings remaining; 1 magpie, again only wing feathers; head of a chicken; assorted tennis balls, plus a t shirt and stuffed monkey!

Could have been a Fox. They kill our neighbours chickens and leave only the feathers. OR a bird of prey. We have Buzzards nesting in the field behind us and they often prey on the pigeons and doves.

I too have seen these half eaten birds. A fox is usually the culprit as it is not always chickens and rabbits they go for but observed one with a wood pigeon in its mouth .Nests are full of young birds and some will fall out of these nests so you may be sure the fox is always at the ready.

Maybe a Sparrowhawk? I once came across a sparrowhawk lugging the corpse of a wood pigeon across a pavement and vanishing under a garden hedge with it.

They're vicious buggers.

Another vote for sparrowhawk. They circle very high and then bomb down. They sit in the hedge and tear the pigeons apart here. Then the magpies fight and chase off the black birds and the jackdaws ditto the magpies while the fox goes for the rabbits and the squirrels challenge everything. It can be bedlam on a quiet afternoon and I don't even live in the country.

Sparrowhawk?

Sounds like a bird of prey to me.

Badger(s)? They certainly leave poo everywhere. If the bird was injured it'd be easy for a badger to get at it.

We have had 2 visits from a bird of prey in our garden. The first, I videoed as my husband rushed out to disturb it as it attacked a thrush, the second resulted in a heap of blackbird feathers and not much else. I know they have to eat, but when I see it hovering near our house as I drive home, I hope it’s not been in our garden.

I watched a thrush breaking open a snail on a rock and down came a kestrel and grabbed it. After it had finished there was just a beak, claws and feathers on the lawn. I was still a teacher and used it as an example of a food chain!

I have seen a kestrel in my garden grab a pigeon and carry it off, also saw one with a half eaten one,it dropped it in my garden, poor thing was just still alive

We were amazed to see a kestrel in our garden pulling a pigeon apart - it left only feathers and the head.

Sounds like a sparrow hawk

Depends on the poo size! Hedgehogs have black poo, but small amounts.
Either a cat or a bird of prey I think, we find this regularly in the garden and red kites circle about most days.

If the poo was black it is likely to be from a fox.

Rats?

My first thought was a fox but may well have been a bird of prey.

I watched a sparrow hawk polish off a pigeon in our garden, there was virtually nothing left at the end, just a few feathers. If it was half eaten, the hawk may have been disturbed.

I’d go with the sparrow hawk too. Most likely explanation.

Owl pellets are not poo, they are vomit.

Was the poo, owl pellet type?

Do not prey on birds. (Fat fingers on small keyboard).

Hedgehogs eat worms, they do prey on birds. The most likely suspect , after ruling out a cat would be a bird of prey. Perhaps a sparrow hawk, kestrel or owl could be to blame.