Srinagar, Feb. 9 -- Kashmir's winters have a new storyteller this season. After the snowfall, wings from distant places landed in the Valley. Among all the migratory birds, a first-time visitor--Tundra-bean-goose--has etched its name in the avian records of the Valley, meanwhile, some less sighted species have also registered their visit in greater numbers.

Bird enthusiasts have sighted Tundra-bean-goose documenting its presence for the first time in North Kashmir's Wular Lake, while there are also sightings of short-eared owls, usually rarely sighted here, in good numbers in Hokersar, capital Srinagar's biggest wetland. While Tundra-bean-goose is native to Siberia, short-eared owls are believed to have arrived from Belgium.

Officials a...