An osprey called Mrs G who has played an incomparable role in repopulating Britain with the magnificent birds of prey is missing. In nearly two decades of returning to Snowdonia every spring, she has hatched 52 eggs and become a grandmother to at least 130 chicks.
The white and brown bird is thought to spend the winter in west Africa before returning to the Glaslyn nesting site near Porthmadog in the spring to breed. She was known for being one of the first ospreys to return each year but as yet there is no sign of her.
Before this year, the latest she had arrived was April 1. In 2015, she arrived back on March 19 and usually she’s on her nest by March 26. Her regular mate is a male called Aran who usually returns after her. But he arrived on Monday, April, and so far remains alone.
