Tikana is a place known for bird watching in
Goa. It is surrounded by paddy fields and marsh on the left and an area of water and tidal mangroves on the right. Different species of birds such as purple heron, woolly-necked storks, kingfisher, spotted owlet, marsh harriers, glossy ibis, redshank, red-wattled lapwings, little egrets, wire-tailed swallows, cattle egret, common sandpiper, gull-billed tern and white rumped munia can be found around Tikana lagoon.