Small triangle of lawn to side of house - wildlife gardening?

Hi all - I have a small triangle of lawn to the side of my house between it and the pavement. It’s about 12 meters by 4 and not somewhere we use at all given it’s position. It gets the morning sun but is largely shady for the afternoon. Being next to the pavement I don’t want it to be too scruffy but also don’t want it to just be an unused, pointless lawn area.
An easy option would be to put down some gravel but that’s not very good for wildlife. Does anyone have any thoughts on what I could do with it to turn it into a wildlife friendly area but without scaring the neighbours?
An easy option would be to put down some gravel but that’s not very good for wildlife. Does anyone have any thoughts on what I could do with it to turn it into a wildlife friendly area but without scaring the neighbours?
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What sort of soil is it? Acid? Chalk? Clay? Sand?
What sort of neighbours do you have? Ones that would lob a bottle into a bush without a second thought?
I was thinking that you could fill it full of flowering shrubs. They need very little attention. But it all depends on the answers to the above.
Sorry, I'm just having trouble visualising it
No access required - it’s a triangle of space between the brick wall of my back garden and the pavement.
Soil is clay - with a top layer of ‘new build estate’!
A small number of items occasionally end up in the area now - but not too bad, really.
Would you suggest I leave the lawn and then plant the shrubs into it, or clear the turf?
If it’s clay, anything in the rose family will grow, including roses. Hawthorn. Rowan. Firethorn. Apple. Pear etc etc.