The Dilys Breese Medal is a

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awarded by the British Trust for Ornithology to recognise communicators who help to deliver ornithological science to new audiences. It is named in memory of film maker Dilys Breese, who died in 2007, and was inaugurated in 2009, funded by a bequest from Breese. The medal features a design by

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, 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

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Dilys Breese Medallists

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British Trust for Ornithology
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Ornithology awards British Trust for Ornithology 2009 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 2009 {{sci-award-stub

Dilys Breese Medallists

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