Dilys Breese Medal

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,^[2] funded by a bequest from Breese. The medal features a design by Robert Gillmor,^[2] showing a robin in front of a TV screen.^[2]

The inaugural awards were made in November 2009,^[2] to six recipients^[2] at a ceremony at the House of Lords.^[2]

Dilys Breese Medallists

Source: British Trust for Ornithology

• 2009 (2009): Fiona Barclay of BirdGuides^[3][2]
• 2009 (2009): Ray Collier^[2]
• 2009 (2009): Stephen Moss^[2][3]
• 2009 (2009): Tony Soper^[2][3]
• 2009 (2009): Brett Westwood^[2][3]
• 2009 (2009): Stuart Winter^[2]
• 2010 (2010): Chris Packham^[1]
• 2011 (2011): Michael McCarthy^[4]
• 2012 (2012): Sheena Harvey, former editor of Bird Watching^[5]
• 2013 (2013): John Ingham^[6]
• 2014 (2014): Victoria Gill^[6]
• 2015 (2015): Ben Hoare^[6]
• 2016 (2016): Dr Max Whitby^[6]
• 2017 (2017): Mary Colwell^[7]
• 2018 (2018): Martin Hughes-Games^[6]
• 2019 (2019): Lesley Dolphin^[6]
• 2020 (2020): Graham Appleton^[6]
• 2021 (2021): Dominic Couzens^[6]
• 2022 (2022): Kit Jewitt^[6]
• 2023 (2023): Harriet Mead & Jack Baddams^[6]

See also

• List of ornithology awards