Newlyweds leave ceremony to catch sight of rare woodpecker at Botanic Gardens

This is the fourth time the great slaty woodpecker, which is known to be the largest woodpecker in the world, was spotted in Singapore. - ETHAN TEO

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A rarely sighted woodpecker made an appearance on Sunday (March 12) and led to a frenzy of bird watchers around the Botanic Gardens.

It was so rare that a couple left their wedding solemnisation nearby to take pictures of it right after their wedding speeches.

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