Srinagar, Nov. 1 -- - Navigating with the help of stars, moon and peaks and maintaining a centuries-old tryst with Kashmir valley, the migratory birds have started to arrive here from far-off lands to ward-off the extreme cold of their summer homes for their transitory habitat, Kashmir.

Each year, these hardy souls embark on a journey-ranging from 3500 kms to 5300 kms-to migrate from their breeding grounds in Siberia, North-China, Philippines and North Europe to overwinter in the relatively less harsh wetlands of Kashmir.

While Speaking with Kashmir Observer, Regional Wildlife Warden (Kashmir) Rashid Naqash, said that these migratory birds have already started arriving in Kashmir's wetland and their numbers have reached to over 2 lakh....