Anyone hazard a guess what these remains are from?

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by Burko

Coul it be possible that someone's shot a pigeon, gutted it and carrion has picked that up and taken it into the garden to eat?
The guts would be intact when picked up.

Best yet!
Dorts.

[Burko]

Originally Posted by RKB

I don't think it fits a human gutting it. They wouldn't bother to get themselves messy out in the field - they'd wait til they got home. A scavenger is unlikely to brought just the guts in - they wouldn't be a coherent 'unit' to carry.

I gut everything in the field be it fur, fish or feather. It's more beneficial to gut asap plus I don't want a load of manky guts in my bin at home.

[The Woodman]

The barley appears to be in a ripening state, consistent with that growing at this time of year. Each grain still has its beard, this parts from the grain at harvesting and sown barley doesn't have it either. Whatever has eaten it, probably picked it from a field crop. "Sweepings" or "tailings" are often fed to game birds and ducks but it's too early to get hold of that now..

[RKB]

Originally Posted by Burko

I gut everything in the field be it fur, fish or feather. It's more beneficial to gut asap plus I don't want a load of manky guts in my bin at home.

Mucky pup!

No real need to gut birds in the field though (rabbits etc I can appreciate) - aren't they better hung intact anyway? And nothing is going to be able to carry a pile of guts intact to somewhere else. It would be like a crow trying to carry a pasta carbonara.

[nightshade]

I could just picture that LOL
I always gut in the field its wasted at home in the bin. The plucking raptor seems sound, certainly the best yet.

[Burko]

Originally Posted by RKB

Mucky pup!

No real need to gut birds in the field though (rabbits etc I can appreciate) - aren't they better hung intact anyway? And nothing is going to be able to carry a pile of guts intact to somewhere else. It would be like a crow trying to carry a pasta carbonara.

I've seen a seagull carrying a Big Mac.

I don't hang my birds either, the notion has always repulsed me.

*Edit: Ah, I get what you're saying when I said "The guts would be intact". Sorry, I didn't mean the whole lot laid out anatomically but the stomach wouldn't have been split. My bad wording.