Volunteers at a community-led wildlife charity are celebrating this week after resident osprey, Mrs G, laid her 50th egg at Glaslyn.

Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife were delighted to see the female osprey known as Mrs G lay her second egg of the 2019 season on Tuesday morning, 16 April at 11.42am.

This marks the 50th egg Mrs G has laid in her lifetime.

Since her 50th egg, Mrs G laid her third egg of the season on 19 April.

This iconic bird, now in her 16th year of breeding, is the longest breeding osprey in Wales and has laid more eggs than any other osprey in England and Wales.

She was first discovered breeding at the nest in 2004 and to date has hatched 40 live chicks, 36 of which have successfully fledged the nest.

Six of her offspring are known to have bred in Britain and she is known to have 74 ‘grand chicks’.

They now know two other chicks have returned this year, but are not yet known to be breeding.

One of the recently returning chicks was hatched in 2015, the first year.

Mrs G bred with a new partner called Aran, when the original male failed to return from his winter migration.

The Visitor Centre at Pont Croesor is open daily from 10am until 5pm until the ospreys leave in September.

A team of knowledgeable volunteers will be on hand to tell the story of the Glaslyn ospreys, answer questions and help visitors use the telescopes to get a close-up view of the nest. Live images from the osprey nest are broadcast directly to the Visitor Centre.

As well as breeding ospreys during spring and summer, there is also the chance to see other wildlife, such as red kites, peregrine flacons, hen and marsh harriers or even otters.

Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife also marked another milestone last week when they welcomed their 50,000th visitor since they first opened the doors to the visitor centre at Pont Croesor.