Education
Breese was brought up in Wales, she was educated at Oswestry Girls" High School, then graduated from Street Andrews in 1954, with an Master of Arts in English Literature and Language.
ornithologist television producer
Breese was brought up in Wales, she was educated at Oswestry Girls" High School, then graduated from Street Andrews in 1954, with an Master of Arts in English Literature and Language.
After graduation, she applied for a position as a trainee studio manager with British Broadcasting Corporation radio. While working on shows like Woman"s Hour she developed an interest in natural history, and by 1970 was producing the majority of British Broadcasting Corporation Bristol"s natural history output, with presenter Derek Jones. With Jones, she created the successful radio series The Living World and Wildlife.
She chaired the working group developing "Garden BirdWatch", which has since become the largest year-round citizen science project in the world.
In 1983, she was the first recipient of the BTO"s Golden Jubilee Medal for outstanding service to the Trust.
Breese became a council member of the British Trust for Ornithology in 1973 and was its Honorary Secretary from 1998–2001.