Dawn Balmer is a Head of Surveys at BTO at BTO. She possess expertise in ecology, ornithology, birds, biodiversity, wildlife and 43 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Dawn is very knowledgeable on birds and fieldcraft. She's great at motivating the team and communicating ideas and projects with others. An all round lovely person." and "Despite her high profile post at BTO and her responsibilities towards the BTO Atlas, she finds time to assist the Royal Air Force Ornithological Society (RAFOS) Newsletter keep up-to-date with the progress towards publication of the Atlas. As editor of this Newsletter I have found Dawn very helpful in adding greatly to the interest and stature of our publication."