I think the current “easy” ones are to make up for the uni being horrors lol.  But I’m probably wrong.
I’ve realised the bit I like is hunting so I do like the calendars.
And seeing the gardens all Christmassy.
Enjoy your reunion.  It will be lovely 🥰

January

(Intermediate)
sloth, armadillo, walrus, any bday wildlife

(Advanced)
Extinct, Fairytales, bday elephant, Koala, AKP, Kingfisher chick, golden unicorn, baby????

(Extreme!)
Octopus, spider crab, shrimp, Fairytales (golden hen?????), M&B ???(was gazelle in Nov), Sugarsnout, Bday Dodo,

Wren, Raccoon

Iguana, Roadrunner, Puffin, any topiary, griffin,

Congratulations, you just finished spotting all the wildlife for the November Pottery Lottery (Extreme!) quest in 1 week, 3 days, which is the 20th fastest time in history!

Congratulations, you just finished spotting all the wildlife for the November Pottery Lottery (Advanced) quest in 3 days, 14 hours, which is the 18th fastest time in history!

Congratulations, you just finished spotting all the wildlife for the November Pottery Lottery (Intermediate) quest in 1 day, which is the 53rd fastest time in history!

Cherrymole - to get rainbow

Indigo heart - small right - Jellybeak
Blue triangle - ✅
Green ball - ✅

Rainbow triangle
Indigo ball - ✅
Orange triangle - ✅

King Penguin
tiger
elephant
crane chick
lobster, stingray & starfish
albino badger
bday orangutan

Round, Square, Crescent:   
small left leaning bud ----- red, green or violet
small right leaning bud ----orange or blue
fat bud  --------------------- yellow or indigo

Loop, Pentagon:
small left leaning bud----- yellow or indigo
small right leaning bud ---red, green or violet
fat bud -------------------- orange or blue

Triangle, Heart:
small left leaning bud: ---- orange or blue
small right leaning bud:---yellow or indigo
fat bud ------------------- red, green or violet

🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🩶🤍🤎

Pottery Lottery (Easy)
Group 1: Any field mouse, white mouse, pygmy mouse, mallard
Group 2: Fox, hedgehog, mole, brown bunny, grey squirrel, wren, yellow wagtail, chaffinch, cuckoo
Group 3: raccoon, hare, singing bush lark, skunk, gecko, camel, donkey, deer, magpie
Group 4: current zodiac of the month
Group 5: water dragon, rainbow dragon, golden dragon

Pottery Lottery (Intermediate)
Group 1: white mouse and pygmy mouse
Group 2: okapi, tree frog, iguana, sloth, kinkajou, gibbon
Group 3: tortoise, lop eared bunny, meerkat, roadrunner, armadillo, piglet, ostrich, chipmunk, coyote, wolf, bee eater, guinea pig, giraffe, woodpecker, barn owl, zebra, crane, toad, blue jay
Group 4: seal, king penguin, puffin, walrus, platypus, otter, sea lion, llama, chickadee, prairie dog, aardvark, gazelle, leopard, oriole, bandicoot, sugar glider, hippopotamus, kangaroo, wallaby
Group 5: any albino, any topiary wildlife, any birthday wildlife, any melanistic
Group 6: griffin, phoenix, pegasus, unicorn
Group 7: Any Chick (Except Easter/Cuckoo)

Pottery Lottery (Advanced)
Group 1: Butterflies (June) Extinct (July

Pottery Lottery (Extreme)
Group 1: Alice (all 3 the queen of hearts), bottom dwellers (lobster, stingray, starfish), Alice (all 3 curious creatures), bottom dwellers (octopus, spider crab, shrimp), Alice (the mad hatter’s tea party), bottom dwellers (octopus, spider crab, starfish), Alice (a caucus race), bottom dwellers (catfish, stingray, shrimp)
Group 2: albino kiwi, albino badger, fairytales (golden hen), pondweed combo (the lochness monster)
Group 3: mother and baby (in the birthstone colour of the month)
Group 4: violet & rainbow candydevil, violet & rainbow lollipup, violet & rainbow cherrymole, violet & rainbow sweettooth, violet & rainbow sugarsnout, violet & rainbow jellybeak, violet & rainbow chocobug
Group 5: bday t-Rex, bday orangutan, bday albino raccoon, bday dodo
Group 6: any mouse or mallard

This is the order the extreme goes in. What the person meant in the forum was that the candies go in the same order as the wildlife guide has them. You find what you had last month on this list and then you’ll know what is the next month.