Hi, I'm Rudi, i'm 8 years old and my favourite book is 'Tarka the Otter' by Henry Williamson. Its about the life of an otter named Tarka and British Wildlife. One night i was reading the book with my dad and i said that i wanted to see all the animals in the book, he said i should do it and call it the Tarka Challenge. My Tarka Challenge started on 1st January 2012. The book contains 89 birds, 54 land based animals, 120 plants and 56 aquatic organisms.

The rules are simple, i must either see each thing myself or photograph it using my trail camera. I will try and see each thing on my local patch (Ogmore River Catchment) but may need to look somewhere else in Britain.

The List - Land Based Animals

Sabre Tooth Tiger
Bear
Wolf
Otter
Pine Martin
Weasel
Stoat
Polecat
Moose
Red Deer
Piperstrelle Bat
Grass Snake
Viper
Fox
Mouse
Vole
Tick
Great Blunt Headed Moth
Badger
Gorse Spider
Rat
Cockchafer
Hedgehog
Dragon Fly
Drake Fly
Moth
Mosquito
Ferret
Black Faced Sheep
Blowfly
Flea
Caterpiller
Rabbit
Horse
Centipede
Bullock
Bee
Grass Hopper
Bumblebees
Spider
Cattle
Ant
Woodlice
Cranefly
Slug
Worm
Pig
Beetle
Snail
Lamb
Cat
Kitten
Pony
Dog

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