Areas where the glow worms were seen are being protected and walkers are being asked to keep to paths.
The adult beetles only live for a few weeks, when a females canIt takes two years for the hatched larvae to fully mature meaning the glow worms will not be visible again at Sherwood Heath until June 2025.Katie Doull, a community conservation officer at the trust, said: "It's pretty exciting because glow worms in general are declining as a species throughout the UK.She said they prefer heathland sites that were dry and sandy - an environment that had severely declined in recent years.
She said a lot of work had gone into creating a habitat at Sherwood Heath where they could thrive, like cutting down overgrown trees."If we were to let it grow all this heather would be overshadowed by trees and scrub. "We do a lot of volunteer sessions on the heath to get rid of this scrub and protect the heather and other important plant species on the heath."
In a bid to protect the glow worm eggs, the trust said it was adapting its heath management plan to help protect the areas where they have been sighted.
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