This year Kashmir welcomed over 7 lakh winged visitors

Kashmir has received over seven lakh migratory birds this year, reveals different surveys carried in 23 wetlands located in different parts of the valley. Some prominent wetlands surveyed included Hokersar, Shalibug, Hygam, Mirgund, Dal, Anchar, Narkara, Narbag, Waspura, and Wular. Four small wetlands of Pampore area and a small patch of land near power house Baramulla were also surveyed. Precisely, 7,29,000 birds have visited various wetlands of Kashmiri in 2016. According to Wildlife Warden Kashmir, Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, around 37 species of birds were counted this year which consisted of…

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