ellisonwales
Active member
Hello everybody..
My main posts have been in the binocular section of birdforums,however i saw something so strange this evening ,that im still wondering what it was that i saw.About 6.00pm this evening i was sat in a deckchair in the garden by a honeysuckle bush (id been cutting the hedges ,mowing the grass etc for 4 hours) ,sipping a grolsch.Ok it was the 3rd grolsch but i wasnt drunk.ID put some bread down and was watching the birds taking it and flying away.Anyway out of the corner of my eye i noticed what i thought was a hornet type insect flitting in each honeysuckle flower.It was about an inch long i guess.But i t didnt move like a hornet.I focused my bins on it and it definitly wasnt a hornet.At this point i was so intrigued because id never seen anything like it.I got up out ofmy chair and was about 1and a half feet away from it.I swear it had a beak and a tounge about half inch with an upward curl that was getting nectar out of the honeysuckle.Now i live in South Wales and i know hummingbirds dont frequent here ,but if i was to describe it ,id swear it was a hummingbird.Though it was very small (about an inch..are they that small?).Anyway i came in after watching it for about a minute and a half ,and justy wondered what the f***k it was that id seen.No it wasnt the grolsch.
Thanks in advance
ellisonwales
My main posts have been in the binocular section of birdforums,however i saw something so strange this evening ,that im still wondering what it was that i saw.About 6.00pm this evening i was sat in a deckchair in the garden by a honeysuckle bush (id been cutting the hedges ,mowing the grass etc for 4 hours) ,sipping a grolsch.Ok it was the 3rd grolsch but i wasnt drunk.ID put some bread down and was watching the birds taking it and flying away.Anyway out of the corner of my eye i noticed what i thought was a hornet type insect flitting in each honeysuckle flower.It was about an inch long i guess.But i t didnt move like a hornet.I focused my bins on it and it definitly wasnt a hornet.At this point i was so intrigued because id never seen anything like it.I got up out ofmy chair and was about 1and a half feet away from it.I swear it had a beak and a tounge about half inch with an upward curl that was getting nectar out of the honeysuckle.Now i live in South Wales and i know hummingbirds dont frequent here ,but if i was to describe it ,id swear it was a hummingbird.Though it was very small (about an inch..are they that small?).Anyway i came in after watching it for about a minute and a half ,and justy wondered what the f***k it was that id seen.No it wasnt the grolsch.
Thanks in advance
ellisonwales
