Some great answers here, thank you! I agree with gness with frog. I had bluetit for #6, but prefer lemming. Loving the goat from bibblebub. I had dodo for #2, but pike is obvious now! I was nowhere with sprat, so thanks all who came up with that. Also had tom for cat (I was thinking tomtom satnav, but now 'see' that it probably refers to cats eyes).
Will do, gness! The closing date is 23rd January, and the answers will be posted(!) back to me in my s.a.e. (I kid you not!) after that date, so don't hold your breath, but I will definitely share them.