I'm in Bedfordshire and I am getting loads of Ladybirds swarming about. I think they are looking for a winter roost as they are coming into the house and crawling along the walls. I have to shoo them off before I close the back door.
I was sitting on the backdoor step today, chatting to Tilly, and these Ladybirds just kept flying past me and settling on my utility room walls. There were literally dozens of them. I had to utilise the feather duster to shift them.