Dilys Breese Medal Explained

The Dilys Breese Medal is a medal awarded by the British Trust for Ornithology^[1] to recognise communicators who help to deliver ornithological science to new audiences.^[2] It is named in memory of film maker Dilys Breese,^[3] who died in 2007, and was inaugurated in 2009, funded by a bequest from Breese. The medal features a design by Robert Gillmor, showing a robin in front of a TV screen.

The inaugural awards were made in November 2009, to six recipients at a ceremony at the House of Lords.

Dilys Breese Medallists

Source: British Trust for Ornithology

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See also

• List of ornithology awards

External links

• Past medallists

Notes and References

1. Pitches. Adrian. 'Science geek' picks up BTO medal. British Birds. 104. 1. 52. 0007-0335.
2. Web site: A Gong For Barclay. Whitby. Max. BirdGuides. 15 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042948/http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?print=1&a=1827. 22 July 2011. dead.
3. Web site: WildFilmHistory - Dilys Breese. Wildscreen. 15 January 2011.
4. Web site: BTO awards excellence. British Trust for Ornithology. 4 January 2012.
5. Web site: Jeremy Wilson receives the 2012 Marsh Award for Ornithology. British Ornithologists' Union. 1 November 2012.
6. Web site: Medallists. British Trust for Ornithology. 2023-11-03.
7. Web site: Dilys Breese and Marsh Awards 2017 . BTO. 20 October 2017. en. 19 October 2017.