Charlie has only been in Papua New Guinea for one day but he has already met wildlife, which is bigger than it is in Devon. Charlie was fast asleep at 6 o'clock in the morning dreaming of chasing balls on Exmouth beach when he was woken up by screeching. "Those noisy birds!" he complained why can't they wait for the sun to come up properly before they start arguing.

Charlie grabbed his rather smart binoculars and went out to look for the offending birds. High in the sky were circling large black birds slowly beating their wings but something didn't look quite right. The wings were like leather with hooks half way down. One passed right overhead with a hole in the wing that he could see the sky through. "Funny sort of birds these," thought Charlie. He went back in to check in the guide book and realized they weren't birds but Flying Foxes, a large bat as big as a buzzard. They hung in large black colonies from the large trees by the main road calling to each other grumpily.

Just as Charlie was settling down for a lunchtime orange and mango juice by the side of the ocean he was visited by a giant kingfisher. A white bird the size of a rook but slimmer with a sharp spear of a beak. In a flash of his blue wings he dived into the sea and rose again to the overhanging branch of a coconut tree with a fish crossways in his beak. After much fish juggling he still couldn't swallow it with the danger of dropping the fish back into the water. So he took off and disappeared to a safer place to enjoy his fresh fish lunch.

Later that day when Charlie was cooling off having a swim in the pool a bird peeped over the edge of the pool to check if Charlie was safe. His white front and black back did not make it obvious what he was. Then he turned round and did a saucy shake of his bottom before flying off. It was a wagtail. Charlie knew all about wagtails as they love to eat the crumbs after sandwiches outside at school. But these were bigger than any he had seen at home.

As Charlie settled down to sleep he wondered, "Are all animals in PNG the same as in England but bigger?" What do you think?