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

References

  1. ^ a b Pitches, Adrian. "'Science geek' picks up BTO medal". British Birds. 104 (1): 52. ISSN 0007-0335.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Whitby, Max. "A Gong For Barclay". BirdGuides. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "WildFilmHistory - Dilys Breese". Wildscreen. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  4. ^ "BTO awards excellence". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Jeremy Wilson receives the 2012 Marsh Award for Ornithology". British Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Medallists". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Dilys Breese and Marsh Awards 2017". BTO. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

External links

  • Past medallists


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