Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- From December 26-30 of last year, WildTeam had the honour of hosting Her Excellency the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Ms Sarah Cooke, along with her spouse Mr Calum McCallum and her sister, Dr Deborah Jane Cooke, at the WildTeam Conservation Biology Centre (WCBC)-known locally as TigerHouse-in Joymoni, Mongla, Bagerhat, in the Sundarbans.

Late December in Sundarbans has its own character. The days were cold, unusually so, with mist and fog settling over the rivers. We spent half of each day on the water-on the 27th, 28th and 29th-moving slowly through canals and wide river channels. Most days, the sun stayed hidden. Only on the 27th did it break through briefly, around mid-afternoon. "British weather," someone...