Siberia Migratory Birds Start Arriving in Pakistan

Birds that migrate from Siberia to Pakistan and India during September to November have started arriving here and the NWFP Wildlife department has started organizing communities along river Kabul and Indus to contain hunting.

Birds have started arriving in Pakistan as the winter season started in Siberia (Russia) and this activity will gain momentum if rains are received here, Chief Conservator NWFP Wildlife Department, Dr. Mumtaz Malik told 'Pakistan Times' Sunday.

Dr. Malik said the migration journey starts from Siberia to Pakistan and ends in India at Bahartpure. This route is known in the international migration routes as 'Indus Fly-way No. 4′ or 'Green Route', he added. The distance covered by birds during migration is around 4500 kilometers. The migratory bird fly from Siberia to Afghanistan, Karakorum range, across river Indus in Pakistan…