It cant be cats (and I am not defending the moggy) - because they alway bury there end product (filthy beasts)- so it could be foxes -- Best thing to do is wait watch and shoot them -- sorry animal lovers but life is cruel

Do you mean shoot the cats as well as the foxes?

Could be hedgehogs , next door moaned about poo on the patio and I had a family of hedgehogs living in my garden, mother and 4 babies and quite regularly it was all over the place on the paths

Gg

Some tom cats are lazy, so it may be them, especially if they're under pressure to find a clean spot!. Fox poo is really quite chemically pungent, often greyish with bone fragments. Hedgehog is much smaller, black and a bit shiny. What a subject!
However, try citrus smells, some lemon juice, it's quite effective when sprayed about.

Nannyann Never said how big though lol

Gg

I saw a cat Poo on my driveway the other day & one evening a fox Poo'd too, think they are seeing who can Poo the most as they keep doing it, I left some weeds that I pulled up and had left them on the drive, they Poo'd on that too LOL, dirty animals, will try what Hortum cret said :o))
I lift my drains and put it down there, like I do with my little dog Messy's :o)

Unfortunately many cats do not bury it and if its a bit dog-like it may be a cat.
Fox droppings often end with a sort of a thin tail
Hedgehogs are normally small and black

I get all of them. I don't mind the little hedgehog ones ; in fact its quite nice to know we still have hedgehogs but sometimes find it difficult to decide with the others between cat and fox.

And I think that this is a gardening problem. If you didn't have a garden you would not be asking !!!

Photograph the poo and send the pic to Ispot on the internet. They have experts on just about everything wild and will soon tell you. I had a friend who worked for a Wildlife Trust who once did an exam on identifying poo!

I have trouble with a cat which poos on my front lawn. It NEVER buries or covers it.

If it turns out to be hedgehogs, please try not to mind! Hedgehogs are under threat and if they took up residence in my garden I'd be delighted and clear up cheerfully! Foxes and cats though.....well that's different!

Many thanks to all who replied to my question I will try some of your suggestion but sorry Ken Bonser not yours

Send a pic on here, I and a few others can identify, I'm sure. I've collected all sorts of poo, otter, water vole, dormouse, for Wildlife Trust research/info. Cat's the worst, in my opinion. (When weeding, beware the stone that squashes!)

Couldn't agree more, Hortum. It never dries out, does it?!

Read somewhere that its the top cat in the area that doesn't bury its poo. Not that that helps you much...

Nothing but the best, then!

If you like that sort of thing...

Not really, lol!