Ruary Mackenzie Dodds

Ruary Mackenzie Dodds is a British author, naturalist, and dragonfly conservationist. He is recognised for his contributions to dragonfly conservation, his nonfiction works on Odonata, and his historical novels. He established Europe’s first public dragonfly sanctuary.

Career

Mackenzie Dodds has led and developed projects in dragonfly conservation since the 1980s and 1990s, including the establishment of a public dragonfly centre and sanctuary. He has undertaken field expeditions to New Zealand, where "Our Changing World" (RNZ) profiled him as a specialist in dragonfly ecology and water-quality indicators.

He is active in public outreach and education, appearing in BBC-related programmes and giving talks. Publisher and event listings describe him as “renowned naturalist” and attribute to him the praise of TV naturalist Chris Packham.

Works

Mackenzie Dodds has published both nonfiction and fiction, including:

The Dragonfly Diaries: The Unlikely Story of Europe’s First Dragonfly Sanctuary (2014), a memoir-style account of his work in conservation. Aberfeldy: The History of a Highland Community (1986), a history of the Aberfeldy valley in Scotland.