In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:
Thanks for the comments and feedback! And apologies if you received a bounce back message from the email. I think that is fixed now. I should have checked that…
Seán Fortune: Yes, I haven’t got facebook, but I have seen posts, and it seems a great group. What Adam Watson, Iain Cameron and the wider community have achieved in monitoring snow patches over the years is amazing. Its an incredible long term dataset, and I’d love to help add a biology twist to it.
Mark Bull: Thanks for the sighting Mark, that is mega! An Alpine scale bloom!
Hang_about, veteye: Yes, they do have very active microbial and fungal communities, certainly towards the later stages of the bloom (a good reason not to eat it!), but as hang_about says, no evidence that its riskier than any other outdoor cut.
Lankyman: it cant be said enough.