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 - Plant Life

Oak
Ash
Alder
Sallow
Bluebell
Primrose
Hawthorn
Willow
Blackberry
Reeds
Reed Mace
Oak Apple
Fern
Bracken
Charlock
Balsam
Water Crowsfoot
Sedge
Buttercups
Cuckoo Flower
Puffballs
Ivy
Thongweed
Lichen
Hemlock 
Sycamore
Grass
Foxglove
Honeysuckle
Yellow Goats Beard
Kingcups
Figwort
Angelica
Nettles
Blackthorn
Rush
Moss
Larch
Fir Tree
Marram Grass
Marsh Orchid
Sinking Iris
Bog Pimpernel
Birch
Whitethorn
Royal Fern
Water Violet
Holly
Apple Tree
Hazel
Green Flags
Elm
Beech
Ragged Robin
Wild Cherry
Spindle Berry
Rape
Poplar
Chestnut Tree
Glasswort
Sea Lavender
Sea Beet
Sea Wormwood
Thistle
Sea Thrift
Elder
Mullien
Great Sea Rush
Clover
Turnip
Vernal Whitlow Grass
Cotton Grass
Gromwell
Heather
Whortleberry
Lent Lillies
Wild Daffodils
Celandines
Dogs Foot Mercury
Dock
Scurvy Grass
Yellow Kingcups
River Sedge
Waterlillies
Stoats Tails
Dodder
Dandelion
Corn
Harts Tongue Fern
Monkey Tree
Algae
Mushroom
Stinking Iris
Ragwort
Teasel
Toad Stool
Sycamore
Great Sea Stock
Privet Bush
Blunt Headed Club Rush
Pine Tree
Linseed
Bamboo
Sorrel
Borage
Comfrey
Dog Rose
Marsh Wort
Burdock
Hog Weed
Star Wort
Spleenwort
Wall Rue
Male Fern
Hawk Weed
St Johns Wort
Wild Garlic
Gorse
Flag Lillies
Wild Rose

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