Dilys Breese (born 2 June 1932, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire;[1] died 22 August 2007[1][2]) was a Welsh ornithologist and television producer of natural history programmes for the BBC.
[3] She worked for the British Trust for Ornithology, who commemorate her contribution by awarding the Dilys Breese Medal, funded by her bequest to them.
[2] Breese was brought up in Wales,[3] she was educated at Oswestry Girls' High School,[1] then graduated from St Andrews in 1954,[1] with an MA in English Literature and Language.
[3] She left the BBC in 1991[3] and set up her own company, Kestrel Productions,[3] making several short programmes until deteriorating health prevented her from working.
[3] She chaired the working group developing 'Garden BirdWatch', which has since become the largest year-round citizen science project in the world.