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One of Britain's greatest living naturalists. - Chris Packham. The Essential Guide to Creating a Beautiful Garden Haven for Dragonflies. With stunning colours and phenomenal flying abilities, dragonflies are extraordinarily beautiful - and vital to our eco-system. Ruary Mackenzie Dodds, Britain's leading dragonfly expert, offers top tips on how to attract these amazing insects to your garden. From creating a pond and choosing the right plants, to long-term pond care and even help with identifying dragonfly species, Ruary is buzzing with ideas for how to make your garden a wonderful sanctuary for both you and dragonflies to enjoy.

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Praise for Ruary Mackenzie Dodds and The Dragonfly Diaries: Ruary is the greatest ambassador these insects have... One of Britain's greatest living naturalists - Chris Packham. This is a wonderful book, it is inspirational. A must have for anyone that is thinking about getting into dragonflies! - British Dragonfly Society. Irresistible and immensely warming. [Dodds] has a lovely turn of phrase and the reader is right there with him, absorbing the magic. - Peter Mayhew, University of York, Antenna Journal. 'Order of the Geek' Award - BBC Springwatch.

Ruary is the greatest ambassador these insects have... One of Britain's greatest living naturalists -- Chris Packham. This is a wonderful book, it is inspirational. A must have for anyone that is thinking about getting into dragonflies! Irresistible and immensely warming. [Dodds] has a lovely turn of phrase and the reader is right there with him, absorbing the magic. -- Peter Mayhew, University of York * Antenna Journal. *

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Ruary Mackenzie Dodds is one of the country's leading experts on dragonflies. His memoir, The Dragonfly Diaries (Saraband, 2014), chronicles the ups and downs of establishing Europe's first public dragonfly sanctuary. Ruary is in great demand to share his expertise and enthusiasm with festival, radio and TV audiences, and he often contributes to BBC programmes such as Countryfile and Springwatch.

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