What caused this mysterious wet patch?

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As for most of us, yesterday was very hot and dry, so I was surprised to notice a wet patch in the front garden, almost but not quite, a puddle. This was about 5pm. It had a bit of an oily glaze to it, and was about the area of a plastic bag. The leaves on the side of the privet hedge near the patch were also visible wet. The liquid was odourless and tasteless, but felt a bit oily.

Can anyone explain what this was?

I gotta ask.

If you put something in your mouth and don’t spit it out how are you not consuming it?

Seriously though, who sees something wet on the ground, sticks their finger in it and then licks it, and then compares themselves to ray mears..🤣🤣

Are there neighbours on the other side of the hedge? My first thoughts would be they watered their plants as it was such a hot day, and some of the water sprayed through the leaves and landed on the concrete, wetting both in the process. Could be from a hosepipe or watering can, and could even include plant food (which might explain the oily appearance). Or could be weed killer, insecticide or something similar...

or that taste you get after you've run your fingers under the rim of a toilet and lick them

this made me roar with laughter. Thank you.

Also why would this happen twice in the same place? I don't think it has

Seriously though, who sees something wet on the ground, sticks their finger in it and then licks it, and then compares themselves to ray mears.. Well, not me. Have you not actually read the thread?

Next door It hasn't come from next door, it's a really thick hedge and they're not really gardeners.

Against my better judgement, here's a photo taken this morning.

The path (concrete) was all dried up and back to normal, but you can see that some of the leaves are still a bit oily despite all of the rain last night (but only in this patch, all the rest is dry).

I think the leaves and the concrete are unrelated.

I think the concrete is something seeping up under particular ground conditions, is there may relation to amount of rain or anything?

I think the leaves are some sort of animal (insect?) excretion.

I am fascinated though!

The leaves is honeydew and not related to the patch imo

Has anyone mentioned Guttation yet?
It would have to be fairly extreme though.

I think Judashascomeintosomemoney has got it with a cat in the hedge, spaying out.

Have you tried licking the leaves? 😂😂😂😂

a cat in the hedge, spaying out

I'm not sure this is physically possible. It's a very dense hedge, right to the ground.

Hedge jizz. Ancient English phenomenon. Are you on a ley line?

snail fluid?