We've got a robin's next in our garden ....

[sandyballs]

.... with 4 eggs in it. Isn't it a bit late in the year for birds nests? I'm quite ignorant about these things. Also it is very low down in our ivy and I'm worried the local cats might get it. Could it be moved without the robin abandoning it, or should I just leave it alone.
Also, when the eggs hatch and the baby birds eventually leave the nest, can I take it out the ivy or would they lay eggs again there next year. DD is deseparate to take the empty, used nest for show and tell

Hi Sandyballs, the bird nesting season runs from March to he end of August, so it's not unusual for there to be a nest at his time of year.

Robin's often have more than one brood a year so ths could be a second brood.

Don't move the nest, the robin would be likely to abandon it if you did so, and it is against the law to disturb any nesting bird in the UK.

Once the nest is empty and all the fledglings have flown you could take the nest out of the ivy for show and tell, if the robins did come back next year they would just have to build a new nest!

HTH